Crackdown on terror funding

Original article by Simon Benson
The Australian – Page: 2 : 22-Nov-17

AUSTRAC and its fellow finance intelligence units within South East Asia are to share information in an attempt to clamp down on the funding of terrorism. Australian Justice Minister Michael Keenan will announce the formation of the Southeast Asia Counter-Terrorism Financing Working Group on 22 November, with Keenan noting that terrorists are capable of creating significant damage with just small sums of money. The 2002 Bali Bombings are said to be have been carried out with funding of less than $A100,000.

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AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT. AUSTRALIAN TRANSACTION REPORTS AND ANALYSIS CENTRE, AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT, ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS, PHILIPPINES. ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING COUNCIL

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