International Conference on Countering Terrorism (ICCT)

The International Convention for the Suppression of Financing of Terrorism (1999) provides the legal framework for the international community to collaborate effectively in combating terrorist fund-raising. In the aftermath of 9/11, a multi-faceted strategy to monitor effectively and disrupt fund raising activities of terrorist groups and their front organisations has been put in place through the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution No. 1373, the establishment of the Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC) to oversee the effective implementation of Resolution No. 1373 and the Financial Action Task Force which sets out guidelines for financial institutions to follow in combating terrorist fund raising and to develop a process to identify countries that facilitate terrorist financing. Countries collaborate with each other to monitor terrorist fund raising and money transfers.

The Panel will evaluate the experience gained in recent years in implementing these strategies and the need for re-evaluation and modification of such strategies in the light of the response to these measures and a variety of other ingenious methods adopted by terrorist organisations to finance and expand their activities.

Principal Speaker :
Mr. David Leppan,
Founder & CEO, World Check

Co-Speaker :
Mr. Shanaka Jayasekara,
Researcher, Centre for Policing, Intelligence & Counter Terrorism, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
“Terrorist Fundraising & Money Transferring Operations”
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Chair of Panel Session :
Dr. Ranee Jayamaha,
Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

Discussants :
(i) Mrs. Joan de Zilwa Moonesinghe (FCIB)
former Director of Bank Supervision and Consultant, Financial Intelligence Unit, Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
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(ii) Mr. Eric Stonecipher,
Advisor, Financial Investigation Unit, Central Bank of Sri Lanka