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UN asks states to crack down on terror financing |
2019-03-30 |
[DAWN] The UN Security Council ordered countries worldwide to step up the fight against terrorism financing on Thursday by ensuring they have laws that make it a serious crime to fund terrorist acts. The council unanimously adopted a French-drafted resolution that was the first stand-alone measure dedicated specifically to countering the financing of terrorism. The resolution calls on all states to "ensure that their domestic laws and regulations establish serious criminal offences" to prosecute those who collect funds or provide economic resources to terrorist organizations. The binding resolution was drafted under chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which means it can be enforced with sanctions. UN counter-terror chief Vladimir Voronkov told the council that the measure "comes at a critical time" as recent attacks have shown that terror groups have access to financial flows through legal and illegal means. The resolution urged countries to establish financial intelligence units to strengthen efforts to counter terrorism financing and to share information on their investigations. Marshall Billingslea, president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) which combats money-laundering and terror financing, said less than a fifth of countries were applying laws that prosecute suspected terror financiers as criminals. Billingslea said the resolution would also contribute to halting ransom payments for kidnappings by terror groups, which have become a major source of funding. "States must not allow hostage-takers or ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 need too crack down on the UN's financing too |
Posted by: chris 2019-03-30 08:49 |