Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
Hezbollah Is Missing from President Biden’s Corruption Agenda
Making global corruption a national security priority is the right decision. Recognizing Hezbollah’s systematic reliance on corruption to facilitate its illicit finance networks would make the White House strategy more effective.
Op-eds
Five Lessons Learned From Sanctions on Iran for the Ukraine Crisis
The goal of sanctions should be to impose costs on the Russian economy that either make Putin’s tactical and strategic objectives too costly to achieve, change Russia’s overall cost/benefit calculation, weaken its economy, or deter further aggression.
Op-eds
The Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act
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Congressional Testimonies
Sanctions and Financial Pressure: Major National Security Tools
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Congressional Testimonies
Increasing the Effectiveness of Non-Nuclear Sanctions Against Iran
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Congressional Testimonies
U.S. Treasury Department Veteran Daniel Glaser Joins FDD’s Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance
(Washington, D.C., Feb. 6, 2017) – Daniel L. Glaser, a 20-year U.S. Treasury Department veteran who mos...
Press Releases
Anti-Money Laundering and Terror Finance Expert Joins FDD’s Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance
Washington, DC -- John Cassara, a 26-year federal intelligence and law enforcement veteran and expert o...
Press Releases
FDD Names Board of Advisors to Help Guide Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance
WASHINGTON – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies today announced 18 experts who will serve as members of the Board of Advisors for its Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance (CSIF)....
Press Releases
UK Blacklists Qatari for Terror Finance, Pledges Closer U.S. Coordination
Ten months after the U.S. Treasury sanctioned suspected terrorist financier Abdulrahman bin Omeir al-Nuaymi, th...
Policy Briefs
Night at the Newseum
Inspire is a glossy, English-language, online magazine published by al-Qaeda. It was conceived by Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born cleric and al-Qaeda leader, who also contributed edit...
Op-eds
Statement: FDD Welcomes Newseum’s Decision on Hamas’ Al Aqsa TV Employees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC -- FDD welcomes the...
Press Releases
US Senator, Treasury Press EU to Blacklist Hezbollah
In an exchange with US Senator Mark Kirk (R-Illinois) on drying up Iranian funds for the financing of its alleged nuclear weapons program, Treasury Under Secretary David Cohen said the US governm...
Op-eds
Why Doesn’t Europe Think Hezbollah Is a Terror Group?
The rift over counterterrorism strategy between the United States and its trans-Atlantic partners will likely be on display next week in Brussels, where European foreign ministers are slated to d...
Op-eds
FDD Applauds SWIFT for Expelling Iranian Banks
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC (FDD, March 15, 2012) – SWIFT, a top clearinghouse for international financial transactions, announced to...
Press Releases
Politicizing Iran’s Ties to Al Qaeda
In “Politician-in-Chief,” Steve Hayes writes about President Obama’s frustration with, as Hayes...
Op-eds
US Offers $10 Million Reward for Iran-Based al Qaeda Financier
The State Department announced on Dec. 22 that a reward of up to $10 million is being offered for any information leading to the capture of an Iran-based al Qaeda financier named Ezedin Abdel Azi...