terror financing

FIU notifies fresh money laundering, terror financing reporting alerts for capital markets

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FIU notifies fresh money laundering, terror financing reporting alerts for capital markets

New Delhi: A fresh set of ‘alert indicators’ have been issued by India’s financial intelligence unit (FIU) for capital markets, insurance companies, online payment gateway intermediaries and crypto currency service providers for effective checking of suspicious transactions in their channels as part of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime. These new guidelines have been … Read more

Internet and social media platforms now toolkits of terror groups: EAM Jaishankar 

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Internet and social media platforms now toolkits of terror groups: EAM Jaishankar 

Focus on online recruitment, drones, crypto currency as CTC highlights terrorists use of new technologies. Focus on online recruitment, drones, crypto currency as CTC highlights terrorists use of new technologies. Terrorism is still one of the “gravest threats” to humanity said External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, highlighting terror threats from the use of emerging technologies … Read more

PM chairs meet on cryptocurrency; concerns raised over money laundering, terror financing risks

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PM chairs meet on cryptocurrency; concerns raised over money laundering, terror financing risks

Amid concerns over misleading claims of huge returns on cryptocurrency investment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a meeting on the way forward on the issue, with government sources asserting that such unregulated markets cannot be allowed to become avenues for “money laundering and terror financing“. It was strongly felt in the meeting that … Read more