Setting global CFT standards: a critique and suggestions
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to raise the question of whether the combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) arsenal following the attacks of 11 September 2001 was developed and applied too fast, to the point of being unnecessarily costly, ineffective, unfair and even counterproductive.
Design/methodology/approach
An outline of two private sector contributions follows two illustrations of areas in which CFT policies may be resting on shaky assumptions, missing their targets and rendering the international community more vulnerable to extremist actions: the regulation of cross‐border fund transfers and commodities trade.
Findings
Many of the control functions have been de facto outsourced to the private sector without proper guidance and accountability.
Originality/value
The paper goes beyond a mere critique of current regulatory and control arrangements to suggest concrete ways in which the private sector can support the objectives of CFT policies more efficiently and productively.
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Citation
Passas, N. (2006), "Setting global CFT standards: a critique and suggestions", Journal of Money Laundering Control, Vol. 9 No. 3, pp. 281-292. https://doi.org/10.1108/13685200610681805
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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