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The Money Trail: Finding, Following and Freezing Terrorist Finances - Clayton

Published: 20 May 2009

Presented by the Global Terrorism Research Centre.

US and international efforts to combat the financing of terrorism are an underappreciated and little-understood aspect of the global counterterrorism campaign. But since terrorist attacks are often inexpensive to mount - the September 11 attacks were staged for less than $500,000 - why should governments devote so much attention to tracking and severing the money trail for terrorism? How effective have US and international efforts to combat terrorist financing been against al-Qaeda, Hamas, and Hizballah, and what more can be done by the Obama administration?

Dr Levitt is Director of Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He served as deputy-assistant secretary for intelligence and analysis at the US Department of the Treasury where he played a central role in efforts to deny terrorists, weapons proliferators, and other actors the ability to finance threats to U.S. national security.

Time: 3 to 4.30 pm
Date: Thursday 21 May, 2009
Venue: Lecture Theatre H1, Ground Floor Menzies Building (Building 11), Clayton campus

For further information contact:
Name: Global Terrorism Research Centre
Email: ela.ogru@arts.monash.edu.au