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.
If there is a single lesson to be learned from the terror attacks that killed more than 30 people in Brussels Tuesday it is the importance of information sharing.
EU nations have until next week to answer a survey on terrorist financing ahead of the February release of a European Commission action plan to address the issue, officials disclosed Friday.
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.
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