A new study from Chatham House and the Royal United Services Institute in the UK finds that humanitarian objectives are often stymied by counterterrorism laws designed to prevent assistance or funds going to non-state
Two Senate committee hearings in early May highlighted the importance of philanthropy and international aid, as well as the challenges faced by nonprofits in accessing banking services to finance that aid. On May 3,
A new report prepared by the Duke Law International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) and the Women Peacemakers Program (WPP) looks at the effects of countering terrorism financing (CTF) measures on women’s rights organizing, women’s rights
Concluding its research into stopping the financing of terrorism, the bipartisan Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing of the U.S. House of Representatives's Financial Services Committee has released a report of its findings. Stopping Terror Finance:
Concluding its research into stopping the financing of terrorism, the bipartisan Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing of the U.S. House of Representatives's Financial Services Committee has released a report of its findings. Stopping
Because the U.S. government hasn't designated any charities under Executive Order 13224 since 2009, if you're a U.S.-based charity, you likely thought the danger had passed. Well, think again. Not everyone thinks that's a good
The global war on terror has “successfully degraded two very important funding streams,” powerful private donors and state sponsors, said Michael Braun, Managing Partner of SGI Global, LLC and a former DEA Chief of Operations,
In a Nov. 23, 2015 letter to the Department of Treasury, the Charity & Security Network (C&SN)noting the need for “ongoing engagement between the U.S. government and the NPO sector to ensure that measures
In anticipation of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) evaluation of U.S. implementation of its anti-money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/TF) standards, the U.S. Department of Treasury published the first National Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment on June
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) within the U.S. Department of Treasury is tasked, in part, with ensuring that money from U.S. persons and entities does not fall into the hands of terrorist
