Methods of Involvement in the Financing of Terrorist Activities

Financing of terrorism is the provision of funds or the provision of financial support to terrorists. The financing of terrorist activities is carried out both on an initiative basis and as a result of a targeted impact on the consciousness and will of the persons involved in this activity. Deception is also a method of involvement in the financing of terrorism. By providing false, incomplete or misrepresented information, the implicit person deliberately creates a misconception in the person providing the funds about the purposes for which the provided funds are ultimately directed or about the criminal nature, including the directly terrorist nature of the activities that it finances. Involved person is indifferent or without due prudence refers to their activities to provide funds. Involvement in terrorist activities in its content implies involvement not only in the commission of a terrorist act, but also in any other form of terrorist activity. In accordance with the specifics of the motivation for the participation of subjects in such a specific type of criminal activity as the financing of terrorist activities, it is necessary to identify persons whose criminal activities are mediated by their involvement in the financing of terrorism by other persons and determine the ways of such involvement, primarily for preventive purposes. If the initiative participation in the financing of terrorist activities is determined by various ideological, religious, nationalistic, selfish or other considerations, then in relation to the persons involved, there is a purposeful impact on their consciousness and will. The article discusses the techniques and methods that make up the typical ways of involvement in the financing of terrorist activities.