According to the International Monetary Fund, money laundering schemes account for between two and five percent of the world's gross domestic product. Money laundering operations, dummy corporations, …
Italian spy director arrested over CIA kidnap
For the first time in the investigation, two Italian officials were arrested on July 5 for their involvement in the kidnapping of Imam Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr (aka Abu Omar), a terrorism suspect in …
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Syria Vs. Islamist Militants: Is It Hype?
Syrian President Bashar Asad's concern over an increased al-Qaeda presence in Lebanon and rising Islamic militancy within Syria is unsurprising, given Syria's tumultuous history with the Muslim …
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Threat has ‘palpably increased’ since London bombings: Met Police chief
The anniversary of the July 7 London bombings (Terrorist Incident and Intel Report), coming on the heals of the discovery and interdiction of al-Qaeda-associated cells in Toronto and, to a lesser …
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Muslims set up coalition to fight extremism
The initiative suggests a step in the right direction. Whereas previous efforts to denounce and fight extremism from within the British Muslim community have proven rather ineffective in light of …
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Smart, Skilled, Shut Out
The shortage of Arabic speakers in the Defense Department and intelligence agencies has been widely discussed since the fall of 2001. The United States had not had a need for Arabic speakers in …
New York, D.C. get terror-fund boost
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on July 6, 2006 its annual ‘Direct Critical Infrastructure Grant Allocations.’ A total of $399 million was allocated, and five of seven grant …
Hazardous-materials trucks: terror threat?
The trucking industry is a perfect haven for potential terrorist targets, either in the form of direct targeting of trucks or utilizing large trucks to carry high-risk materials. Large trucks are so …
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A younger, savvier global terror cell
The recent arrests of forty terrorist suspects in at least six countries and associated disruption of potential terrorist attacks in Toronto (Terror Web Watch) and New York City highlight the …
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Businesses Security Breaches Rising
According to CA and The Strategic Council, survey data compiled between January and May 2006 reveals that security breaches of business are rising. Some 642 large North American organizations with …