The Financing of the Terrorism

The terrorist activity finances as much by means of legitimate activities as ilegitimas but to find the sources that help and endorse to the terrorism can much more be difficult.

This problem is not exclusive of the EE.UU., the pumps in Madrid were financed by criminal activities of a cell of A the Qaeda having demonstrated so the relation between the terrorist financing and the criminal activity is an international phenomenon.

A great variety of activities exists that contribute with the economic maintenance of the terrorism: most useful it is the drug traffic, but others equally used are the traffic of people, the product falsification, the kidnappings and the extorsion, the charity works, the travel agencies, casinos etc.

Many are the used methods to move bottoms of the terrorism: accounts can to open banking through transferences (process this that in many countries is had complicated with the purpose of making that this practical one is but difficult) and thus accede by means of debit cards; Internet, the email can be used to send bottoms; the instantaneous messengers, who perhaps present/display a still more attractive option since this means do not leave to registry some and finally, the banking agreements provide another average one to mobilize money through important international banks.

One of the consequences of the adoption of the Patriotic Law is that it has allowed greater meticulousness in the banking relations. Ever since more exhaustive controls are made the terrorists move their bottoms of way but sly reason why they have had to recover more traditional practices like for example the exchange, often on international scales and hawala, the traditional practice of transference of bottoms based on the confidence.

A great number of measures exists destined to reinforce the controls that must be implanted simultaneously if the financing of the terrorism is wanted to be successful when controlling. Nevertheless, many countries lack the political support and the resources to solve problems. If they approve many laws but they are few those that get to be implanted.

It's necessary to establish international units of intelligence financial that, in addition are supported by analytical equipment able to identify suspicious transactions in a certain country.

Bibliography:

SHELLY, Louise. "El Financiamiento del Terrorismo". [en línea]. [Consultado: 15-01-2008]. Available in: