Read more terrorism financing stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23094/terrorism-financing.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:41:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71524/broke-al-qaeda-pleads-for-funds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEfforts to cut off al-Qaeda's funding have been largely successful and the organization is now critically short of cash, according to the US Treasury. The group's "influence is waning" as the money dries up, according to one official who monitors terrorist financing, noting that al-Qaeda has already issued several appeals...http://www.newser.com/story/71524/broke-al-qaeda-pleads-for-funds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 2:34:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60377/cia-wants-you-i-banker.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe CIA is looking for a few good bankers to track down millionaire bad guys and stymie financial terrorism, the New York Post reports. Ads on Bloomberg Radio ask money whizzes to use their “intelligence for the work of a nation.” The $160,000 salary will probably be a pay...http://www.newser.com/story/60377/cia-wants-you-i-banker.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 May 2009 15:50:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/43557/charity-guilty-on-all-counts-of-terror-funding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Dallas jury found a Muslim charity and its ex-leaders guilty today on three dozen counts of terror funding, the Dallas Morning News reports. A retrial of the biggest terror financing case in US history, the case hinged on $12 million sent by the Holy Land Foundation to Hamas after...http://www.newser.com/story/43557/charity-guilty-on-all-counts-of-terror-funding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Nov 2008 17:39:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/35645/al-qaeda-works-cheap-stays-hidden.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagInternational efforts to cut off terrorists from funding have failed because al-Qaeda cells operate cheaply and independently, avoiding official funding channels, experts say. While the US and its allies have focused on freezing bank accounts and monitoring financial transactions, operatives build $15 bombs, drum up hard-to-trace cash through illegal scams,...http://www.newser.com/story/35645/al-qaeda-works-cheap-stays-hidden.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 24 Aug 2008 10:18:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30023/secret-uk-terrorism-files-left-on-train-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor the second time this week, confidential British government documents on fighting terrorism were left on a train and passed to the media. The papers blast countries like Iran for financial policies that can be used to terrorists’ advantage, reports the Independent , which released no other details about the documents....http://www.newser.com/story/30023/secret-uk-terrorism-files-left-on-train-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Jun 2008 7:48:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27667/taliban-narco-terrorist-convicted-in-us-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Taliban militant has become the first person convicted under a "narco-terrorism" provision of the Patriot Act, Reuters reports. The Afghan man was busted by DEA agents for plotting to ship heroin to the US and use the proceeds to buy weapons to use against American and coalition forces. He...http://www.newser.com/story/27667/taliban-narco-terrorist-convicted-in-us-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 May 2008 4:58:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/19195/us-iran-met-on-terror-financing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSenior Treasury Department official Daniel Glaser met last month with representatives from Iran to discuss "the significant threat Iran poses to the integrity of the international financial system," Reuters reports. The rare talks, which required special permission from the US government, took place during a meeting of the Financial Action...http://www.newser.com/story/19195/us-iran-met-on-terror-financing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 16 Feb 2008 7:27:56 CST