...Irish Scheel Honga; Constance Gikonyo; Evelyne Asaala Purpose This paper aims to address the existing gap in the anti-money laundering/counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime and explore the possibility and effectiveness of disentangling the nexus between the two concepts. Design...

... institutions being used as conduits for ML. Undoubtedly, CDD procedures are pivotal to overall anti-money laundering efforts and curbing financing terrorism in a regulatory framework. A qualitative research approach was adopted to address the research questions of the study. Given the confidentiality...

... and the integrity of the country’s financial system. Moreover, it creates a risk for NPOs to be abused, knowingly or unknowingly, for the financing of terrorism (National Risk Assessment Working Group on TF, 2022). This study takes the form of a literature review based mainly on journal articles, case studies...

...Spyridon Repousis The research is useful for government authorities, law authorities and offices and the democratic society as a whole. To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first study examining the specific topic. Greece Terrorism Carlos the Jackal November 17...

...Fabian Maximilian Johannes Teichmann During those interviews, concrete and specific methods of financing terrorism and limiting the risks of being prosecuted were discussed. To assess compliance officers’ awareness of those methods, a quantitative survey of 190 compliance officers...

... of 15 informal interviews with illegal financial services providers and 15 formal interviews with compliance experts and law enforcement officers. During those interviews, concrete and specific methods of financing terrorism and limiting the risks of facing a criminal prosecution were discussed...

... a greater context. This case is the first where a US court held a bank civilly liable for providing financial support to a terrorist organization, but to do so, the court had to decide on several factors, involving as follows: the application of the anti-terrorism act; the sufficiency of evidence...

... also be rather difficult to quantitatively survey a sufficient number of terrorists. At the same time, it would not be ideal to only survey compliance and prevention experts since this article primarily focuses on the techniques of terrorism financers who have not been caught. Hence, compliance...

...Spyridon Repousis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine Greek forest fires in August 2007 and statements about terrorism (pyro-terrorism) and the impact on Greek banks stocks. Design/methodology/approach Event study methodology and market model is used in this paper and data of all...

... in the future and to also suggest methods for combating its financing activities. Preventing the financing of terrorism has been a central theme of counter terrorism policies since the 9/11 attacks on the USA. However, the actual identification and blockage of funds which go towards maintaining...

.... Terrorist groups would also want to control the timing and speed of their financing, especially if they need to raise funds quickly for a future attack. The term “terrorism” is derived from French terrorisme, and from Latin words that means “terror”, “great fear”, “dread”, related to the Latin...

... be tackled by anti-money laundering measures. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Terrorism Money laundering Terrorist financing Although terrorism is not a new phenomenon (Chaliand and Blin, 2007), recently, there appears to be widespread concern over the “intensity and urgency...

...Norman Mugarura Purpose The purpose of the paper was to examine the challenges inherent in harnessing the UN and other AML counter‐measures, paying particular attention to the United Nations Resolutions on countering financing of terrorism and why the UN Security Resolutions have not been easy...

... Counter‐Terrorist Financing Financial Institutions Compliance Compliance burden 9/11 over‐reaction Suspicious activity reports United Kingdom United States of America Terrorism Money laundering The post‐9/11 era has seen counter‐terrorist financing (“CTF”) take priority as a potentially...

...Wassim Shahin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight and analyze the experience of banks operating in Lebanon in their compliance with international regulation on anti‐money laundering and the counter‐financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). The paper addresses the compliance policies...

... laundering and terrorism financing typologies. Design/methodology/approach In total, 184 typologies were obtained from a number of anti‐money laundering and counter‐terrorism financing (AML/CTF) bodies to determine the common patterns and themes present in the cases involved. Financial flows...

... have terrorized the global community in the last two decades. Findings The key findings are that most financial facilitators are knowledgeable, literate and suave and who are kin of the top leadership or part of the clan/sect. Kinship is an important factor for trust worthiness, which leads...

...Yoram Danziger Purpose This article seeks to examine approaches to combating the “scourge of international terrorism” by targeting the financial resources of terrorist organizations and their supporters. Design/methodology/approach The article begins with the disputed issue of how to define...

...Nicholas Ridley; Dean C. Alexander Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the strategic intelligence oversights with regards to the funding of terrorism. Design/methodology/approach The paper considers the modus operandi of terrorist financing, and how and how speedily...

...Angela Samantha Maitland Irwin; Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo; Lin Liu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure the size of the money laundering and terrorism financing problem, identify threats and trends, the techniques employed and the amount of funds involved to determine whether...