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Financial Crime Matters: Terrorist Financing Analyst Addresses Rise in Illicit Trade Finance

By Kieran Beer

In the latest episode of Financial Crime Matters, Kieran Beer, editor in chief of ACAMS moneylaundering.com, interviews Louise Shelley, founder of the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center at George Mason University and author of “Dark Commerce: How a New Illicit Economy is Threatening our Future.” They discuss the increasing role of gold and conflict minerals in financing terrorism, how transnational organized crime syndicates facilitate trade finance for terrorists, and the use of professional money launderers to move funds.

Listen to the podcast here.

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Topics : Counterterrorist Financing
Source: Nonprofits/Private Organizations
Document Date: March 25, 2021