Combating Terrorist Financing: The South American Experience

There has been a process of internationalization of criminal law over the last decade with the adoption of new international instruments in penal matters, including a consolidation of what has come to be called global prohibition systems, as in the case of money laundering, terrorism, and terrorist financing. The recent border conflicts in South America due to the activities and consequent repression of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) brings special importance to this subject there. It seems pertinent then to reflect on how terrorism and its financing have been dealt with in South America, as a way to evaluate the progress of the international initiatives to combat international terrorism...[more]