Terror Financing Archives

India’s Mutual Evaluation Report 2024: Assessment and Implications

The FATF Mutual Evaluation Report on India highlights substantial improvements in plugging vulnerabilities associated with tackling money laundering and countering terrorist finance.

Vivek Chadha
October 03, 2024
Issue Brief

Lifeblood of Terrorism: Countering Terrorism Finance

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing India

Terrorism finance has aptly been termed as the lifeblood of terrorism. Yet, this remains one of the most under researched facets of terrorism. This limitation is even more apparent in the Indian context, despite the fact that the country has faced the scrouge of terrorism and insurgency for over five decades. Lifeblood of Terrorism: Countering Terrorism Finance, is the first book on the subject in an Indian context.

ISBN 978-93-84052-18-8,
Price: ?. 599/-
E-copy available

No Money for Terror: Challenges and Way Ahead

International cooperation is the key to curbing the menace of terrorism finance more effectively.

Vivek Chadha
December 09, 2022
Issue Brief

FATF as an Instrument of CFT Compliance in Pakistan

Pakistan’s desperation to keep itself off the list of defaulting countries maintained by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) underlines the increasing effectiveness of the organisation, which has become the spearhead against global efforts combating the financing of terrorism (CFT).

Vivek Chadha
February 26, 2018
Issue Brief

Ways And Means to Choke Maoist Finances

It is difficult, if not impossible, to completely clamp down on Maoist finances. However, it is possible to restrict the flow of money into their coffers.

Maoist Finances: Sources, Methods of Collection and Utilization

Citing IDSA Report, the Minister of State for Home Affairs, RSN Singh said in the Rajya Sabha recently that “…the CPI(Maoist) party has been collecting not less than Rs 140 crores annually from a variety of sources. Further, the possibility of certain front organizations of the CPI (Maoist) … clandestinely getting foreign funds cannot be ruled out.”

P. V. Ramana
February 17, 2014
IDSA Comments

India’s Maoists: Financing the war machinery

In a document entitled ‘Our Financial Policy’, the Maoists mention that they have three types of economic needs, viz. the needs of war, political propaganda and the people. To cater to these needs there are three broad categories of resources, viz. (a) membership fee, levy and contributions from the people; (b) confiscation of the wealth and income of the enemy; and (c) ‘revolutionary taxes’ collected in guerrilla zones and base areas.

P. V. Ramana
December 27, 2013
IDSA Comments

Terror Financing in Bangladesh

This article deals with financing of Islamist terror in Bangladesh, which on occasions becomes jihadi in nature, especially when it is directed towards India. The exercise undertaken studies developments in the area of terrorist finance in Bangladesh post-9/11, but does not claim to fully estimate the volume of terror financing in that country. The attempt has been made to throw some light on an area where little research has been done. The article argues that the Government of Bangladesh has shown a half-hearted approach towards checking the finance of terrorism.