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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
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Topic: FATF

FATF flags al-Qaeda & ISIL’s ‘decentralisation’, says such groups rely on merch sales, informal funding

Terror financing watchdog FATF in its latest report says that these groups have begun operating via ‘regional hubs’, employ offline & online methods to disseminate messages, collect funds.

Terror groups using online gaming to recruit, move funds. FATF report flags looming threat

FAFT report cites analysis of in-game purchases to highlight link between terror financing & money laundering techniques used either to move or layer funds using gaming platforms.

E-commerce, online payments used in Pulwama, Gorakhnath terror attacks, says FATF report

The report also flagged state-sponsored terrorism, noting some terror groups still get financial and other support from certain governments, based on public sources and delegation inputs.

FATF: Dual-use goods India seized from Chinese vessel were meant for Pakistan’s ballistic missiles

New Delhi: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Friday flagged the case of mis-declared goods emanating from China for Pakistan linked to Islamabad’s ballistic...

Couldn’t have occurred without money & means to move funds—FATF on Pahalgam terror attack

FATF statement comes amidst India’s renewed diplomatic push to have Pakistan re-included in grey list in light of its role in Pahalgam terrorist attack that claimed 26 lives.

Jaish chief Masood Azhar surfaces to make first speech in two decades, vows war on India

Though JeM did not release date of speech & location where it was delivered, an Indian intelligence official said it was likely held late last month at Bahawalpur in Pakistan.

How ED uses publicly available info to identify money laundering, tactic behind 50% PMLA cases in 5 yrs

Apart from social media posts, news reports & other open sources have also contributed massively to ED’s attempt to curb rerouting of illicit money over the last five years.

India ‘largely compliant’, says terror funding watchdog FATF, highlights low prosecution as shortcoming

Report by Financial Action Task Force highlights long-pending trials & shows India hasn't adapted to updated practices to prevent misuse of non-profit organisations in terrorist financing.

India’s KYC process is a privacy nightmare. FATF has given legal sanctity to mass surveillance

The extent of data collected at onboarding and once again at the time of updates to KYC goes beyond just verification and could potentially be used for “profiling” the customer.

Consensus on PM Modi’s push for action against economic fugitives likely at G20 summit

In 2018, Modi had moved a 9-point agenda for strong and active cooperation across G20 countries to deal comprehensively and efficiently with the menace of fugitive economic offenders.  

On Camera

India has 30 days to pull off fast reform. Hold crash meeting of Centre & state

In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.