Number: RS21902
Title: Terrorist Financing: The 9/11 Commission Recommendation
Authors: Martin A. Weiss, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: Although efforts to seize terrorist funds have met with some success, in July 2004, the 9/11 Commission asserted that the likelihood of being able to continue freezing funds may diminish as terrorists seek increasingly more informal methods of earning and moving money. The financial support of terrorism involves both earning funds, through legal and illegal means, and the illicit movement of money to terrorist groups. The Commission recommended that the U.S. government shift the focus of its efforts to counter terrorist financing from a strategy based on seizing terrorist assets to a strategy based on exploiting intelligence gathered from financial investigations.
Pages: 6
Date: February 25, 2005