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Qatar and Terror FinancePart I: Negligence

 

Qatar and Terror Finance Part II: Private Funders of al-Qaeda in Syria

Qatar and Terror Finance

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The war against terrorism funding is a complex undertaking. A major part of the money is transferred in cash. Without specific intelligence, it passes under all of the controls of the financial system. Another part of the money is laundered by a network of legitimate straw companies and financial organizations that do not adhere to the rules against money laundering, and that includes certain banks. In the past, well-established bankers in western countries were caught violating the sanctions imposed on Iran or laundering money for the drug cartels of Mexico and for other parties.

Another aspect which makes financial monitoring of terrorist organizations particularly difficult has to do with the fact that some of these organizations are financially backed by states. Iran, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are just a small part of a long list of countries, including western countries, which secretly support terrorist organizations for the purpose of promoting their political objectives. The implication of this state of affairs is that the intelligence agencies and financial institutions of the country that funds terrorism actively conceal the transfer of funds to the terrorist organization. In some cases, even if other countries are aware of this process, they would not betray the wayward countries owing to political interests.

The terrorist organizations sometimes exploit social organizations and NGOs that operate in their countries. The transfer of funds to a social organization operating for the benefit of the inhabitants of that country is regarded as a legitimate donation. In some cases, the employees of these organizations belong, either directly or indirectly, to a terrorist organization in that country, and they transfer a part of the organization's funds to fictitious social projects. In these cases, the money is used to fund terrorist activities and is extremely difficult to trace. Once again, even if the money is traced, this information is not always usable on the geo-political arena.