Countering Violent Nonstate Actor Financing: Revenue Sources, Financing Strategies, and Tools of Disruption
Abstract
The September 11, 2001, attacks and the subsequent U.S. response ushered in a new era of efforts to counter the financing of violent nonstate actors (VNSAs).1 U.S. laws, regulations, and enforcement tools all quickly changed to support these new efforts.2 At the same time, the U.S. armed forces increased their capabilities, exploiting financial documents captured in raids and creating two in-theater counterthreat finance (CTF) cells, the Iraq Threat Finance Cell (ITFC) and the Afghanistan Threat Finance Cell, to support kinetic activities.3 Internationally, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), originally founded to counter money laundering, was also tasked to counter terrorist financing.4 Although the focus for many of these reforms was on countering terrorist financing, the same tools and policies can be and have been applied to the broader array of VNSAs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 17, 2023
- Accession Number
- AD1201363
Entities
People
- Anusree Garg
- Colin P. Clarke
- Erik E. Mueller
- Hannah J. Byrne
- Howard J. Shatz
- Irina A. Chindea
- Nathan Vest
- Trevor G. Johnston
Organizations
- RAND Corporation