Sentences with phrase «as terrorist financing»

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Beyond going after its recruiting tools, Anonymous can look to expose the terrorist group's finances, communications and logistics as well as intelligence information gathered by various government organizations, said Paula Long, CEO of DataGravity, a developer of secured storage technology.

However, those statements needed to be clarified when the investigation was completed, as no such link was proven: «[t] here is absolutely no evidence so far that terrorists used any bitcoin in financing their actions or why would they not simply use cash if the purpose is just to rent a getaway car, mobile phones or anything else they don't want tracked.»

Because of legislation such as the Bank Secrecy Act, signed into law in 1970, and the Patriot Act, which was made law in 2001, those institutions must maintain strict compliance programs to monitor for signs of money laundering, terrorist financing, and other criminal acts, and they are obligated to report suspicious activities to authorities.

Franklin Templeton is firmly committed to international efforts to combat money laundering and the funding of terrorist and criminal activities, and as such it makes every effort to remain in full compliance with all applicable anti — money laundering («AML») and anti — terrorist financing («ATF») laws, rules and standards adopted in the jurisdictions in which it does business.

This is a document aimed prevent and minimize possible risks of any kind of illegal activity, such as money laundering, terrorist financing, drug and human trafficking, etc..

Blocking terrorist financing will be as important in the war on terror as fingerprinting and DNA has been to crime fighting in the past, Gordon Brown has said.

While framing the problem as a question of terrorist financing has helped to garner additional policy resources and international attention, it has been sold as a win - win for environmentalists and counter-terrorists alike.

«The fight against money laundering and terrorist financing is recognised as an important public interest ground by all member states,» the directive states.

Iran finances and arms groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, which have intentionally killed civilians, and which the US officially designates as terrorist organizations.

But Mr Brown insisted: «Our aim is simple - just as there be no safe haven for terrorists, so there be no hiding place for those who finance terrorism.

The many trends that Penn and co-author E. Kinney Zalesne identify as having significant future impact range from the potentially divisive (a sizable increase in the number of ex-convicts in the general population; a rise in the ranks of highly educated, connected and well - financed domestic terrorists and terrorist sympathizers) to the quirky (more left - handers, more office romances and more people eschewing the practice of sun - bathing).

Franklin Templeton is firmly committed to international efforts to combat money laundering and the funding of terrorist and criminal activities, and as such it makes every effort to remain in full compliance with all applicable anti — money laundering («AML») and anti — terrorist financing («ATF») laws, rules and standards adopted in the jurisdictions in which it does business.

«These teams receive intelligence from law enforcement, banks and other regulators, as well as reports from those we regulate about activity that might give rise to money - laundering and terrorist - financing concerns and the effectiveness of practice within firms.

As is well - known, international and national criminal activity and terrorism rely a great deal on the ability to launder criminal money into usable «clean» funds, both to allow the proceeds of crime to be used in the open economy and to finance terrorist activity in the UK and overseas.

The federal proceeds of crime / money laundering / terrorist financing legislation (including regulations) «taken as a whole, interfere with the lawyer's duty of commitment to the client's cause, which... is a principle of fundamental justice [and] there is no need to conduct a separate analysis relating to the proposed principle of fundamental justice relating to solicitor - client privilege».

As was the case with the regulatory scheme at issue in the Federation of Law Societies case which targeted money laundering and terrorist financing, the public protection goals behind the OSC's whistleblowing policy should be lauded.

The report cited money service businesses, cash couriering, and even abuse of charitable organizations as higher risks for terrorist financing than digital currencies.

This is somehow tied to the anonymous nature of Bitcoin and other cryptos as they claim terrorists can easily get financed via such anonymous methods.

According to a report by the U.K. Treasury, «there is little evidence to indicate that the use of digital currencies has been adopted by criminals involved in terrorist financing, whether as a means by which to raise funds (crowd funding etc.), to pay for infrastructure (e.g. server rental), or to transfer funds.»

The FSRA now notes with concern the issues of cryptocurrencies being used in money laundering and terrorist financing, as well as the risk of cyberattacks.

Between spousal consents and terrorist financing, a real estate sale is not as easy as browsing the Internet.

Such factors include, but are not limited to: the Company's ability to meet debt service requirements, the availability and terms of financing, changes in the Company's credit rating, changes in market rates of interest and foreign exchange rates for foreign currencies, changes in value of investments in foreign entities, the ability to hedge interest rate risk, risks associated with the acquisition, development, expansion, leasing and management of properties, general risks related to retail real estate, the liquidity of real estate investments, environmental liabilities, international, national, regional and local economic climates, changes in market rental rates, trends in the retail industry, relationships with anchor tenants, the inability to collect rent due to the bankruptcy or insolvency of tenants or otherwise, risks relating to joint venture properties, costs of common area maintenance, competitive market forces, risks related to international activities, insurance costs and coverage, terrorist activities, changes in economic and market conditions and maintenance of our status as a real estate investment trust.