Unfunding Terror: The Legal Response to the Financing of Global Terrorism

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Edward Elgar Publishing, Jan 1, 2010 - Political Science - 425 pages
Unfunding Terror fills an important gap in the literature and will be essential reading for counter-terrorism experts, law enforcement and national security officials, policy makers, academics and all those interested in the global war on terror.
 

Contents

1 The evolution of the legal framework to deprive al Qaeda of funding
3
PART II Why go after the money?
19
2 Terrorists need money to terrorize
21
3 Al Qaedas call to jihad
52
4 Al Qaedas global presence
73
PART III Financing the global jihad
101
5 State sponsors of terrorism drug trafficking and deeppocket donors
103
6 Corrupt Islamic charities
117
7 Engaging the financial sector to prevent the financing of terrorism
151
8 Domestic asset freeze
194
9 International asset freeze
233
10 The law enforcement response to terrorist financing
276
using the civil justice system to hold terrorist financiers accountable
324
PART V Has the legal response to the financing of terrorism been effective?
371
Bibliography
405
Index
419

PART IV Developing a global legal framework to combat terrorist financing
149

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