Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements About the Editors and Contributors Introduction Jeanne K. Giraldo and Harold A. Trinkunas PART I: THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE RESPONSE Chapter 1: The Political Economy of Terrorist Finance Jeanne K. Giraldo and Harold A. Trinkunas Chapter 2: Terrorism Financing Mechanisms and Policy Dilemmas Nikos Passas Chapter 3: Crime and Terrorism Financing John T. Picarelli and Louise I. Shelley Chapter 4: Terrorist Organizations' Vulnerabilities and Inefficiencies: A Rational Choice Perspective Jacob Shapiro Chapter 5: Warning Indicators and Terrorism Finances Phil Williams PART II: CASE STUDIES OF TERRORISM AND STATE RESPONSES Chapter 5: Financing Afghan Terrorism: Thugs, Drugs, and Creative Movements of Money Thomas H. Johnson Chapter 6: Al Qaeda Finances and Funding to Affiliated Groups Victor Comras Chapter 7: Hezbollah Finances: Funding the Party of God Matthew Levitt Chapter 8: Terrorist Financing in Europe Loretta Napoleoni Chapter 9: Arab Government Responses to the Threat of Terrorist Financing Moyara de Moraes Ruehsen Chapter 10: Terrorist Financing and Government Response in East Africa Jessica Piombo Chapter 11: Terrorist Financing and Government Response in South East Asia Aurel Croissant and Daniel Barlow Chapter 12: Terrorist Financing and Government Response in the Triborder region of South America: The Challenge of Effective Governmental Response in a Permissive Environment John Lombardi and David Sanchez Chapter 13: Anti-Terror Strategy, the 9/11 Commission Report and Terrorism Financing: Implications for U.S. Policymakers Raphael Perl Chapter 15: The U.S. and International Responses to Terrorist Financing Anne Clunan Chapter 16: Terrorist Financing: Explaining Government Responses Jeanne K. Giraldo and Harold A. Trinkunas Notes Index

About the Author

Jeanne K. Giraldo is Lecturer in the National Security Affairs Department at the Naval Postgraduate School. Harold A. Trinkunas is Associate Professor in the National Security Affairs Department at the Naval Postgraduate School. He most recently authored Crafting Civilian Control of the Military in Venezuela: A Comparative Perspective (2005).

Reviews

"[The authors] plumb the murky financial infrastructures and processes of such terrorist organizations as Al-Quaeda and the Taliban. Herein lies the book's value." - Military Review "This is the best book I have read on contemporary terrorist finance." - Rohan Gunaratna, Head, International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, SingaporeAuthor, Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror "This is an excellent work, and the authors ought to be commended for addressing such a difficult topic in so many interesting ways." - John Horgan, University of St. Andrews