Columbia International Affairs Online

CIAO DATE: 6/5/2007

Arab States' Efforts to Combat Terrorism Financing

Michael Jacobson

2007 April

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

On April 1-5, the seventeen Arab members of the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) met in Jordan to discuss terrorism financing and money laundering in the region. Although the task force's record to date shows some promise, the organization can do far more to address these critical issues.