50% of terror-finance agency reports helped Shin Bet in terror cases
The state said that there was an 18% increase in requests for information from foreign countries, which since 2013, adds up to a 162% increase.
By YONAH JEREMY BOBA PALESTINIAN whose house was destroyed by an Israeli air strike shows money distributed by Hamas in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip in 2009(photo credit: SUHAIB SALEM / REUTERS)
Around 50% of intelligence cables which the Authority for Combating Money-Laundering and Terror Financing forwarded to the Shin Bet during the past year successfully contributed to the security agency’s counter-terror activities.The statistics were presented on Monday as part of the Authority’s annual report, which said that the high percentage showed its strong effectiveness.In addition, the report noted a 26% increase in reports of irregularities in the Bitcoin sector over the last year, as that sector has grown and the state has taken a keener interest in its regulation.Finally, the state said that there was an 18% increase in requests for information from foreign countries, which since 2013, adds up to a 162% increase.The report said that this shows Israel’s advancement in enforcing complex areas of terror-financing law and the world’s recognition of that advancement.
