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Of Terror and Money Laundering
By Micah Halpern

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I've been thinking:
The tiny, Arab, oil rich state of Bahrain called for and is hosting a 2 day meeting of the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force, known as MENAFATF.

The objective is to fight the current plague of money laundering and terror financing emanating out of the Middle East and North Africa.
This is a very creative and important initiative.

It is definitely a significant step forward. It means that Arab countries are advocating an end to terror as we know it. It means that certain Arab countries just might be joining the Western bandwagon and battling the sources of terror because they recognize the evils of terror.

But will it be successful? It's a big BUT.
Only time will tell if they are truly committed to fight the sources that fund terror. We'll know more when we see how it plays out in the press of Arab participating counties.

4 June 2017 12:14 PM in Thoughts


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