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What Role Does International Money Laundering Play In Terrorism?

In order for terrorist acts to be carried out, funding is required. Some of this funding is achieved through legal sources, while in other cases it is achieved through illegal sources, such as international money laundering. At the College of Criminal Justice, one of our faculty, Dr. Nikos Passas, is engaged in ground-breaking research regarding international money laundering through the commodities trade. This research, sponsored through the National Institute of Justice, will examine the channels which terrorists use to funnel money into their violent activities. It will also explore the social networks that support such activities.

Such ground-breaking research has the potential to make both the domestic and international communities safer by establishing how terrorists finance their activities. In doing this, law enforcement officials can intervene at critical points to prevent future acts by terrorists.

Professor Passas is an internationally recognized scholar in the field of money laundering and terrorism studies. Having published several books and numerous journal articles, Dr. Passas has worked with the Justice Department on several occasions on these issues.  

For more information about Dr. Passas and other CCJ faculty experts, visit our faculty webpages.