Countering the Financing of Terrorism Book

List of illustrations     vii
List of contributors     viii
Preface and acknowledgements     x
List of abbreviations     xiii
Introduction: the challenge of terrorist financing   Thomas J. Biersteker   Sue E. Eckert     1
The social organization of terrorism     17
Producing terror: organizational dynamics of survival   Jessica Stern   Amit Modi     19
The evolution of al Qaeda   Rohan Gunaratna     47
The social organization of terror in Southeast Asia: the case of Jemaah Islamiyah   Zachary Abuza     63
The financial organization of terrorism: the raising and movement of funds     91
Terrorism, charities and diasporas: contrasting the fundraising practices of Hamas and al Qaeda among Muslims in Europe   Jeroen Gunning     93
Terrorist financing and organized crime: nexus, appropriation, or transformation?   Phil Williams     126
Trade diversion as a fund raising and money laundering technique of terrorist organizations   Donald E. Dekieffer     150
The design, development, and implementation of regulatory and supervisory frameworks for informal funds transfer systems   Nikos Passas   Samuel Munzele Maimbo     174
Al Qaeda and the gemstonetrade   Douglas Farah     193
Responses to the terrorist financing challenge     207
The US regulatory approach to terrorist financing   Sue E. Eckert     209
International initiatives to combat the financing of terrorism   Thomas J. Biersteker   Sue E. Eckert   Peter Romaniuk     234
Lessons for countering terrorist financing from the war on serious and organized crime   Michael Levi     260
Conclusion: taking stock of efforts to counter the financing of terrorism and recommendations for the way forward   Thomas J. Biersteker   Sue E. Eckert     289
Bibliography     305
Index     333