Implementing New Jersey's Anti-Terrorism Laws to Prevent Terrorist Financing: A Statutory Analysis of the Material Support or Resources Provisions of the September 11, 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act and the Freezing Funds and Assets Related to Terrorism Legislation in the New Jersey Criminal Code

56 Pages Posted: 22 Dec 2006 Last revised: 6 Jan 2009

Abstract

Since the attacks on 9/11, terrorist financing investigations have become an integral part of America's counter-terrorism strategy. The 9/11 hijackers received money from al-Qaeda through American Banks and Institutions. Prior to 9/11, al-Qaeda operatives, including the hijackers, obtained money from their co-conspirators by conducting financial transactions in various parts of the United States, including New Jersey branches of several banks. Subsequent to 9/11 the New Jersey Legislature signed off on powerful terrorist financing legislation with the Material Support or Resources provisions of the September 11, 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act and the asset seizure provisions of the Freezing Funds and Assets Related to Terrorism Act. This article examines both sets of statutes and through a case study provide an illustration of a sound implementation of these statutes. The article also examines America's balancing act in apprehending terrorist financiers, while simutaneously protecting the public's civil liberties.

Suggested Citation

Johnston, James B., Implementing New Jersey's Anti-Terrorism Laws to Prevent Terrorist Financing: A Statutory Analysis of the Material Support or Resources Provisions of the September 11, 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act and the Freezing Funds and Assets Related to Terrorism Legislation in the New Jersey Criminal Code. Seton Hall Legislative Journal, Vol. 29, p. 85, 2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=953214

James B. Johnston (Contact Author)

Seton Hall Law School ( email )

One Newark Center
Newark, NJ 07102-5210
United States

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