Assignment task:
1. Provide a summary of the issues presented in these two readings. Be specific in this summary.
2. In your reflection, connect the readings back to our course material - specifically Chapter 3 "Terrorist Financing and Money Laundering". Be specific in these connections.
3. How does our course material help us understand new developments in how terrorism finance works?
4. How has crypto updated issues around financing and money laundering?
5. How would strategies offered in the course material help reduce this type of system?
6. Are the systems of money laundering (i.e. via failed and shell states) still important?
7. How does crypto-financing connect to narcoterrorism?
8. Lastly, reflect on what you think are sound strategies to prevent or trace this level of laundering.
9. Conclusion
Reference: Misunderstanding Crypto and Terror Financing Leads to Bad Policy
Reference: Setting the record straight on crypto crowdfunding by Hamas
Reference: White, J., & Chermak, S. (2022). Terrorism and Homeland Security (10th edition). Cengage.