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.
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