Financing Terrorism [Paperback]

In declaring the war against terrorism President George W. Bush also declared war on the financing of terrorism. In this book, bankers, regulators and academics pose a variety of questions from their individual perspectives: What can financial institutions realistically contribute to the suppression of terrorist financing? Can individual rights be protected in these circumstances? These questions are analyzed by experts who come up with some thought-provoking answers.

In declaring the war against terrorism President George W. Bush also declared war on the financing of terrorism. The call to arms has been complemented by a concerted effort world-wide to track down and freeze the assets of suspected terrorists and financial institutions have risen to these challenges over the last year contributing their expertise gathered mostly through techniques to combat money laundering. In this book bankers, regulators and academics pose a variety of questions from their individual perspectives: To what extent are new laws really new? What can financial institutions realistically contribute to the suppression of terrorist financing? Can individual rights be protected in these circumstances? These questions are analysed by experts who come up with some thought provoking answers.Editorial: The Financing of Terrorism  Criminal and Regulatory Reform; Mark PiethArticles:Globalization, Terrorist Finance, and Global Conflict  Time for a White List? Jonathan M. WitierHow Can Sound Customer Due Diligence Rules Help Prevent the Misuse of Financial Institutions in the Financing of Terrorism? Charles FreelandFinancing of Terrorism A Predicate Offence to Money Laundering? Armand KerstenObstacles in Company Law to Anti-Money Laundering International Co-Operation in European Union Member States Ernesto U. SavonaTerrorist Finance, Money Laundering and the Rise and Rise of Mutual Evaluation: A New Paradigm for Crime Control? Michael Levi and William GilmoreFinancing of TerrorlãŽ