posted by Christopher W. Holton In a rare case of true candor, the Canadian intelligence community has named several countries that it is “concerned” about with regard to terror finance. The 2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada. Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, Qatar, United Arab Emirates as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan were all named in the report. Conspicuous […]
posted by Christopher Holton A Turkish banker named Mehmet Hakan Atilla, who was found guilty of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions following a trial that featured accusations of corruption against top Turkish officials, including Turkish dictator Erdogan, asked a federal judge this week to impose a lenient sentence. Atilla was arrested in New York in […]
posted by Christopher Holton A U.S. jury on Wednesday found a Turkish banker guilty of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions, after a nearly four-week trial that has strained diplomatic relations between the United States and Turkey. Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive at Turkey’s majority state-owned Halkbank, was convicted on five of six counts he faced, […]
Erdogan going after Gulen’s Bank’s Shareholders
On January 4, 2018 · In Erdogan, Gulenist Islamist movement, Islamic Banking, Shariah Banking, Turkey
posted by Christopher W Holton The Erdogan regime in Turkey is going after the Gulen organization’s shariah-compliant Bank Asya’s shareholders. This is the latest financial aspect of the ongoing campaign that Erdogan is waging on Gulen. Erdogan and Gulen were never best of friends but at one time their animosity de-escalated to the point of […]
SFW readers may recall our coverage of the case involving a Turkish gold trader on trial for laundering money to bypass sanctions for Iran: https://shariahfinancewatch.org/2017/11/30/turkish-despot-erdogan-implicated-in-plot-to-launder-money-for-ayatollahs-in-iran/ https://shariahfinancewatch.org/2017/12/06/gatestone-institute-report-turkey-laundering-billions-for-iran/ https://shariahfinancewatch.org/2017/12/14/turkish-banker-accused-of-helping-iran-launder-billions-seeks-mistrial/ Now, The Atlantic has published an exhaustive investigative piece on this case written by the intrepid Jonathan Schanzer. It is MUST READING… The Biggest Sanctions-Evasion Scheme in Recent […]
posted by Christopher W Holton Though he continued to use contrived, tortured language in his description of the threat, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster finally woke up this week and realized that the threat from Jihad (a word he did NOT use) extends way beyond–geographically and literally–ISIS and Al Qaeda. Speaking at a conference in […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton The intrepid Patrick Poole as a major story breaking over on PJ Media indicating a great deal of direct Turkish regime involvement in funding “criminal gangs” in Germany to attack dictator Erdogan’s opponents there… German intelligence wiretaps revealed AKP Party officials transferring money to leaders of the “Osmanen Germania” (Ottoman […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Lawyers for a Turkish banker on trial in New York on charges that he helped Iran evade U.S. sanctions asked a judge on Wednesday to declare a mistrial, saying testimony by a former Turkish police investigator should not have been allowed in court. The lawyers for Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an […]
The Gatestone Institute has posted an excellent analysis of Turkey’s activities to launder money to help Iran, the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism, bypass sanctions. Here are some excerpted highlights and a link to the report: In the investigation, Zarrab was accused of running a network that laundered at least $87 billion to bypass […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton In stunning testimony in a blockbuster legal case in New York on money laundering and alleged violations of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the key figure in the trial today declared that Turkish dictator Recep Erdogan was up to his ears in the scheme. This revelation confirms two […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged an executive at a Turkish state-owned bank with participating in a multi-year scheme to violate U.S. sanctions against Iran, escalating a case that has added to tensions between the United States and Turkey. Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a deputy general manager of Halkbank, is accused of […]
A Turkish charity known as İMKANDER has held rallies across Turkey in memory of Doku Umarov, the former emir of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate whose death was announced by the jihadist group just last week. The Islamic Caucasus Emirate aims to establish an independent Islamic state ruled under Shariah and to wage global jihad. The rallies took place […]
World Tribune has an interesting report on HAMAS’ continuing budgetary problems. In this case, two recent major supporters of HAMAS, Turkey and Qatar, appear to be pulling back on their financial support… The Hamas regime has been hampered by the failure of Qatar and Turkey to relay massive aid to the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources […]
As a member of the FATF (Financial Action Task Force), Turkey is supposed to be taking strong measures to fight terrorism and cut off the funding for terrorism. But not only has Turkey NOT been doing that, there is evidence that Turkey is actually involved in providing funding for Jihadist terror… The Financial Action Task […]
The Islamization of Turkey has been accompanied by that nation’s increasing closeness to groups and individuals associated with Jihadist terrorism. That trend has been reported in a variety of media: http://terrortrendsbulletin.com/2013/12/31/turkeys-erdogan-tied-to-designated-saudi-terrorist/ The extent of those ties to Jihad–and specifically the financing of Jihadist terrorism–has now been detailed in an excellent report published by the Foundation […]
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