TERRORISM – ASIA

Crackdown on terror funding

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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

PM sets regional terror role

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Original article by Dennis Shanahan
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 2-Jun-17

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will stress the need for greater effort in combatting terrorism within the Asia-Pacific region at the annual Shangri-La defence dialogue in Singapore on 2 July 2017. He will also call for continued free trade, stating that this, along with combatting the growing threat from Islamist-inspired terrorism, will help to ensure continued economic stability and security within the region. Turnbull is also expected to stress the importance of intelligence-sharing in the fight against terrorism.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, UNITED STATES. DEPT OF DEFENSE, ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS, SINGAPORE. PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY