Criminalisation of terrorism financing in Iranian law
| Autor: | Malakoutikhah, Z |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies Terrorism financing media_common.quotation_subject 0211 other engineering and technologies Law enforcement 02 engineering and technology Racism language.human_language Convention Criminalization Political science Law Terrorism 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering language 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing Constitutional law General Economics Econometrics and Finance media_common Persian |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Financial Crime. 27:231-244 |
| ISSN: | 1359-0790 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/jfc-12-2018-0133 |
| Popis: | Purpose The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that to what extent the Iranian criminalisation of terrorism financing meets the international standards of counter-terrorism financing regime, particularly the Financing Convention and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations, and what is the main impediment for Iran to integrate at the international level to combat terrorism financing. Also, it tries to rate the Iranian criminalisation of terrorism financing in accordance with the FATF technical compliance rating. Design/methodology/approach This subject is analysed from an Iranian perspective by undertaking fieldwork through collecting documents in Iran and using the official documents, statements and laws, particularly the Iranian Law of Combating Financing of Terrorism (2018) from both Persian and English sources. Findings Iran’s terrorism financing offence is not completely in line with international counter-terrorism financing regime because of an exemption for the struggle of individuals, nations and national liberation movements with the aim of countering domination, foreign occupation, colonisation and racism. The Iranian support for national liberation movements is derived from the Constitutional Law that requires Iran supports the struggles of the oppressed for their rights against the oppressors anywhere in the world. As a result, the FATF Recommendation 5 (criminalisation of terrorism financing) would be rated partially compliant. Originality/value No article exists specifically on this research field. To the author’s knowledge, this paper, for the first time, examines the Iranian criminalisation of terrorism financing. It rates the criminalisation (Recommendation 5) based on the FATF technical compliance rating because no mutual evaluation has been conducted to date. The paper is useful for academicians, law enforcement, policymakers, legislators and researchers. |
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