U.S. legislators on Tuesday voiced support for measures intended to restrict terrorist groups from profiting from the sales of cultural artifacts stolen from Syria.
Members of the terrorist cells that killed 164 victims in two attacks in Paris and Brussels transferred funds between prepaid debit cards to avoid detection by law enforcement, a Belgian official said Thursday.
EU member-states must more quickly transpose and implement the bloc's proposed and finalized mandates to cut off terrorists' funding and bolster security, European leaders said following a ministerial meeting Thursday.
France will seek to implement the European Union's latest anti-money laundering directive by September, nine months ahead of a mandated deadline, according to a French official.
EU finance ministers broadly endorsed a French plan to tackle terrorist financing ahead of the expected issuance in the coming weeks of related regulatory proposals by the European Commission.
The French government intends to move quickly to strengthen protections against terrorist financiers, including broadening investigatory access to data on suspected militants and toughening oversight of prepaid cards, a top official said Monday.