The Fraud-Terror Link

"A society that applauds innovation in the world of business can hardly expect to escape innovation in the world of crime." – Criminologist Leon Radzinowicz¹

The threat of terrorism has become the principal security concern in the United States since 9/11. Some might perceive that fraud isn’t linked to terrorism because white-collar crime issues are more the province of organized crime, but that perception is misguided. Terrorists derive funding from a variety of criminal activities ranging in scale and sophistication – from low-level crime to organized narcotics smuggling and fraud. CFEs need to know the latest links between fraud and terror.