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Prosecutors Increasingly Bring Money Laundering, Other Charges in Terror Cases, Say Analysts

By Brian Orsak

Federal prosecutors are increasingly using money laundering statutes in terrorism and national security related cases, according to data. Prosecutions and convictions citing 18 USC 1956-the primary money laundering statute - are up over 350 percent in 2007 from the previous year in cases involving national security and terrorism, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a Syracuse University organization that tracks federal law enforcement. In the first eight months of FY 2007, U.S. attorneys filed six prosecutions for terror related cases with laundering as the lead charge, up from two cases last year and one in 2005. Additionally, there...

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