Controlling Terrorist Financing

Introduction. 1. Understandings and Definitions of Terrorist Finance. 2. Methods of Fundraising by Terror Groups (a. Legitimate Sources / b. Illegitimate Sources / c. Terror-Crime for Profit Typology). 3. Methods of Transfer of Funds (a. Informal/Unregulated Channels / b. Formal/Regulated Means). 4. Amounts (a. Operating vs. Operational Costs (Acts vs. Large Groups and Infrastructures) / b. A Typology of Terrorist Groups). 5. Problems with Imperfect Knowledge (a. "Conflict Diamonds" and Al Qaeda: A Theory with no Empirical Support / b. Al Barakaat and Terrorism: Links Never Substantiated / c. Charities and Terrorism: Undercutting Our Own Objectives?). 6. Regulatory Responses (a. Objectives and Risks of CFT / b. Cost-Benefit Analyses? / c. Are Certain Areas Overlooked or Over-Emphasized?). 7. Policy Implications (a. Evidence-Based CFT Policy Construction / b. Identifying the Risks / c. Trade Transparency / d. Legitimacy of CFT).

Nikos Passas is a Professor at Northeastern University. His law degree is from the Univ. of Athens (LL.B.), his Master s from the University of Paris-Paris II (D.E.A.) and his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh Faculty of Law. He is a member of the Athens Bar (Greece). He specializes in the study of corruption, regulation of international remittances and trade, terrorism, organized crime and international criminal law. He is fluent in 6 languages and has published more than 100 articles, book chapters, reports and books in 11 languages.
Passas also offers training to law enforcement, intelligence and private sector officials on regulatory and financial crime subjects. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Crime, Law and Social Change, and on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice and the European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. He serves on the Board of Directors of the International Society of Criminology. He has been acting as a consultant to law firms, private security companies and various organizations, including the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the US Dept. of Treasury (FinCEN), the US Dept of Justice, IMF, the World Bank, the IDB, DFID, Norad, the United Nations, the Commission of the EU, the US National Academy of Sciences and government agencies in many countries.