Comienza en la UGR el ciclo ‘Cine de género para el siglo XXI : El terror’

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Con la proyección de la película “El silencio de los corderos”, de Jonathan Demme, comienza el viernes, 7 de mayo, en la UGR, el ciclo “Cine de género para el siglo XXI (I): El terror”, que consta de 5 proyecciones: “El silencio de los corderos”, de Jonathan Demme; “El último escalón”, de David Koepp; “El proyecto de la bruja de Blair”, de Daniel Myric y Eduardo Sánchez; “Dark Water”, de Hideo Nakata; y “Amanecer de los muertos”, de Zack Snyder, que se proyectarán en el Aula Magna de la Facultad e Ciencias (a excepción de “Amanecer de los muertos”, cuya proyección tendrá lugar en el Salón de Actos de Arquitectura Técnica), los días 7, 11, 14, 18 y 21 de mayo de 2010, organizado por elr el Cine Club Universitario, del Centro de Cultura Contemporánea,Vicerrectorado de Extensión Universitaria y Cooperación al Desarrollo de la Universidad de Granada.

Todas las proyecciones, a las 21.30 horas, en versión original, con subtítulos en español.

Programa

Viernes, 7 de mayo

Día del Cine Club

EL SILENCIO DE LOS CORDEROS (1991), de Jonathan Demme

Aula Magna de la Facultad de Ciencias

Martes, 11 de mayo

EL ÚLTIMO ESCALÓN (1999), de David Koepp

Aula Magna de la Facultad de Ciencias

Viernes, 14 de mayo

EL PROYECTO DE LA BRUJA DE BLAIR (1999), de Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez

Aula Magna de la Facultad de Ciencias

Martes, 18 de mayo

DARK WATER (2002), de Hideo Nakata

Aula Magna de la Facultad de Ciencias

Viernes, 21 de mayo

AMANECER DE LOS MUERTOS (2004), de Zack Snyder

Salón de Actos de la E.

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La UGR celebra hoy y mañana un encuentro de orientación a universitarios

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Un centenar de responsables y técnicos de facultades de todo el territorio participan hoy y mañana en el Encuentro de Servicios de Información y Orientación Universitarios, en el Salón de Actos del Edificio Politécnico, donde van a debatir las novedades y retos de la Universidad española.

La Universidad de Granada (UGR) ha organizado el Encuentro de Servicios de Información y Orientación Universitarios que reunirá en Granada a miembros de facultades españolas. El encuentro, organizado por el Vicerrectorado de Estudiantes y la Secretaría General de la Universidad de Granada en colaboración con el grupo SIOU, pretende abordar las novedades y retos de la Universidad española, en el nuevo marco del Espacio Europeo, con la perspectiva de la “Nueva Universidad, Nuevos Servicios”.

La jornada de hoy está dedicada a la implantación de la nueva prueba de acceso a la Universidad y su repercusión en los Servicios de Información y Orientación, y la de mañana la implantación de los nuevos títulos de Grado y Posgrado, y su repercusión en los Servicios de Información y Orientación.

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El delegado pide a Miranda que no ‘interfiera’ en la gestión de Heredia

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Además, señala las “contradicciones” del consejero de Educación, en el sentido de que “pide que se deje trabajar” y acto seguido lanza estos “rumores” de cese.

El delegado del Gobierno, Gregorio Escobar, pidió ayer al consejero de Educación de la Ciudad Autónoma, Antonio Miranda, que “no interfiera” en la gestión que está llevado a cabo el director provincial del Ministerio de Educación, Miguel Heredia.
Escobar respondía así, a pregunta de los periodistas, a las últimas manifestaciones realizadas por Miranda,  quien situaba fuera de la Dirección Provincial a Miguel Heredia, al parecer, por un supuesto cese.

Tal y como explicó Escobar, Miranda “contradice” sus propias declaraciones al defender hace unos días que lo importante en Educación es “dejar trabajar”, y ahora haga todo lo contrario, interfiriendo en la gestión que está realizando Miguel Heredia, al difundir “rumores” sobre un posible cese.

 “Que deje trabajar, que hay un director provincial que está haciendo su labor”, aseveró el delegado, quien añadió que “este tipo de rumores y comentarios no ayudan para nada al trabajo de gestión que hay que desarrollar”.
Además, Escobar recordó que  en materia de Educación, el Gobierno de España, “lejos de polemizar con la Ciudad Autónoma, lo que hace es todo lo contrario; colaborar con ella”.

Así, a título de ejemplo, señaló que se ha invertido más de 1,6 millones de euros para que la Administración Local pueda desarrollar actividades extraescolares en los centros de Melilla que se complementen con las propias del Ministerio de Educación.

Del mismo modo, Escobar defendió que, “es el diálogo y el entendimiento, y no este tipo de cuestiones, los que tienen que primar en el desarrollo de las relaciones institucionales”.

Asimismo, y respecto a los “rumores” de cese, el delegado subrayó que ésta no es la primera vez que el Gobierno de Melilla “quiere convertir en noticia rumores de cafetería”. Así rememoró como hace unos años, el vicepresidente primero de la Ciudad, Miguel Marín, “llegó a afirmar que se iba a cesar al anterior delegado del Gobierno, José Fernández Chacón. La gran fuente de información de Marín era que lo había escuchado en la barra de un bar”, indicó.

Para zanjar este asunto, el máximo representante del Gobierno de España en Melilla, demando “seriedad” y que “dejemos trabajar y dejemos que cada administración gestione sus competencias”.

Mercado Central

Respecto a las obras del antiguo Mercado Central y a las acusaciones que desde las filas del PP se realizaron referentes a la tardanza en el inicio de éstas, Escobar dijo que se están cumpliendo todos los pasos administrativos necesarios y confirmó las palabras del director provincial de Educación de que la construcción se iniciará antes de que finalice el año, con una una inversión en torno a nueve millones de euros.

También comentó que en materia de Educación se sigue trabajando y en poco tiempo se presentará el proyecto para la construcción de distintos espacios deportivos en Melilla y que cuentan con la inversión del Consejo Superior de Deportes.

Asimismo recordó el acuerdo existente con la Universidad de Granada, por el cual se va a edificar un polideportivo en los terrenos del Campus de Melilla. Actuaciones todas ellas que dejan claro,  que “el Gobierno sigue desarrollando su trabajo, eso sí, en los plazos que marca el proceso administrativo”.

Por último, calificó de “demagógicas” las criticas de los populares por hablar de falta de interés por parte del Gobierno de España “porque –subrayó– la Ciudad sabe perfectamente el trabajo que cuesta hacer  obras”.

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Banks and intelligence services are recommended to communicate to detect Al Qaeda’s financing

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The exchange of information between authorities and banks is essential to detect Al Qaeda’s financing operations. Financial data themselves may not give any hint on how this terrorist group and its related groups get funds. However, when these data are combined with other information held by the intelligence services, it can help banks see an indicator of potentially suspicious activities.

This is the conclusion drawn from a research conducted by Juan Miguel del Cid Gómez, professor of Finances and Accounting of the University of Granada.

The author found that Al Qaeda has been employing since its founding different mechanisms to raise funds from financial facilitators, charities and corporations. At present, cells, branches or groups associated with Al Qaeda are forced to act independently and get funds by means of activities such as drug trafficking and other common crimes.

All these groups «are forced to resort to hawala («transferring» in Arabian) and to cash-couriers to move money on the fringes of the official financial system». In addition, there are other mechanisms that may be employed by terrorist groups to move their funds without being detected. «That is the case of international trade. The complex payment methods of international trade, and the volume of transactions render it specially vulnerable» -professor Del Cid Gómez states-. «The online payment systems enabled by new information technologies and telecommunications is also a risk, since they may be used by terrorist groups to transfer money anonymously.»

Seamless Financing

The researcher found that the measures established by the Security Council of the United Nations -based on asset freeze orders- failed to disrupt Al Qaeda’s financing. Moreover, direct observation of customers has not been successful for detecting terrorist operations. The reason is that reports of suspicious transactions by financial institutions around the world are of little value, when it comes to freeze the assets of the terrorist organization.

The study provides a number of relevant data on the group financing. Before the September 11 attacks, Al Qaeda’s financial needs were approximately $ 30 million annually, according to a CIA’s report. Some estimates indicate that the economic cost of this attack is 400 to 500 thousand dollars. Nevertheless, Del Cid warns that terrorist groups need to meet both the cost of attacks, organization maintenance, and the funds required to spread their ideology.

Apart from buying the weapons, vehicles, explosives and detonators needed for the attack, terrorist groups have to meet other needs, as providing for the terrorists and their families, enabling communications between cell members and with their leaders, training their members, travelling to prepare the attacks, broadcasting propaganda on the media and promoting charity activities, which is a way for terrorist organizations to gain legitimacy.

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Security Council Asset Freeze Failed To Disrupt Al Qaeda’s Financing: Study

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A study conducted at the University of Granada revealed that the measures established by the Security Council of the United Nations – based on asset freeze orders – failed to disrupt Al Qaeda’s financing. Since its founding, this terrorist group has used a number of mechanisms for raising funds from financial facilitators, charities and corporations.

The exchange of information between authorities and banks is essential to detect Al Qaeda’s financing operations. Financial data themselves may not give any hint on how this terrorist group and its related groups get funds. That said, when these data are combined with other information held by the intelligence services, it can help banks see an indicator of potentially suspicious activities.

This is the conclusion drawn from a research conducted by Juan Miguel del Cid Gómez, professor of Finances and Accounting of the University of Granada.

The author found that Al Qaeda has been employing since its founding different mechanisms to raise funds from financial facilitators, charities and corporations. At present, cells, branches or groups associated with Al Qaeda are forced to act independently and get funds by means of activities such as drug trafficking and other common crimes.

All these groups “are forced to resort to hawala (“transferring” in Arabian) and to cash-couriers to move money on the fringes of the official financial system”.

In addition, there are other mechanisms that may be employed by terrorist groups to move their funds without being detected.

“That is the case of international trade. The complex payment methods of international trade, and the volume of transactions render it specially vulnerable,” said Professor Del Cid Gómez. “The online payment systems enabled by new information technologies and telecommunications is also a risk, since they may be used by terrorist groups to transfer money anonymously.”

Seamless Financing

The researcher found that the measures established by the Security Council of the United Nations – based on asset freeze orders – failed to disrupt Al Qaeda’s financing.

Moreover, direct observation of customers has not been successful for detecting terrorist operations. The reason is that reports of suspicious transactions by financial institutions around the world are of little value, when it comes to freeze the assets of the terrorist organization.

The study provides a number of relevant data on the group financing. Before the September 11 attacks, Al Qaeda’s financial needs were approximately $ 30 million annually, according to a CIA’s report. Some estimates indicate that the economic cost of this attack is 400 to 500 thousand dollars. Nevertheless, Del Cid warns that terrorist groups need to meet both the cost of attacks, organization maintenance, and the funds required to spread their ideology.

Apart from buying the weapons, vehicles, explosives and detonators needed for the attack, terrorist groups have to meet other needs, as providing for the terrorists and their families, enabling communications between cell members and with their leaders, training their members, travelling to prepare the attacks, broadcasting propaganda on the media and promoting charity activities, which is a way for terrorist organizations to gain legitimacy.

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LA EEZ PARTICIPA EN EL PROYECTO ‘MICROGEN’, FINANCIADO CON 3,8 MILLONES DE EUROS POR EL PROGRAMA CONSOLIDER

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El proyecto denominado MICROGEN (Microbial comparative genomics) ha sido financiado con 3,8 millones de euros por Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación dentro de la última convocatoria del programa Consolider.

 

Esta nueva investigación en la que participa la Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZCSIC), junto con otros centros de investigación españoles, se propone como una oportunidad de incorporarse junto con otros grupos elegidos por encontrarse entre los operativos en la genómica bacteriana internacional. El objetivo general es entender cómo se estructuran y evolucionan las poblaciones bacterianas mediante el uso de las nuevas tecnologías, realizando la transición de la genética a la genómica de poblaciones.

 

Las células procarióticas son la principal fuerza motora del ecosistema planetario. No solo proveen a humanos de la mayoría de los compuestos bioactivos, sino que todavía representan una de las principales amenazas para la salud.

En principio se secuenciarán genomas de muchas bacterias, algunas implicadas en la producción de caries, lo que permitirá detectar genes que puedan tener aplicaciones prácticas, como vacunas.

 

Otros de los genomas que se secuenciarán son los de bacterias responsables de la fijación de nitrógeno en plantas. Esta parte del proyecto se realizará desde el departamento de Microbiología del suelo y sistemas simbióticos de la Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZCSIC).

 

Identificación de bacterias responsables de enfermedades

 

Este proyecto también permitirá la secuenciación de genomas de bacterias responsables de enfermedades humanas y de animales de granja o de la producción de hidrógeno, además de secuenciar metagenomas, es decir, el ADN de muchas bacterias que se encuentran en un determinado hábitat y que van desde la placa dental hasta el mar Mediterráneo y el Amazonas.

 

Con la cooperación de todos los grupos implicados en este proyecto se podrán detectar genes que puedan tener aplicaciones prácticas, como antibióticos o antitumorales y otras utilidades a nivel industrial.

 

El estudio de las bacterias se ha revolucionado profundamente en los últimos 10 años. Gracias al desarrollo de la genómica y la metagenómica se ha logrado el desarrollo de métodos de secuenciación de bajo coste y alto rendimiento. Con el proyecto ‘MICROGEN’ se conseguirá la mejora y desarrollo de herramientas bioinformáticas y protocolos experimentales para el estudio de cuestiones básicas y aplicadas, como el desarrollo de vacunas, kits de diagnóstico o nuevas herramientas moleculares para la investigación post-genómica.

 

Además de la Estación Experimental del Zaidín, en el proyecto participan la Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH), el Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología (IRNAS-CSIC) de Sevilla, el Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Animal (CITA-IVIA) de Segorbe, la Universidad de Granada (UGR), la Universidad de Valencia, la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, la Universidad del País Vasco, la Universitat de les Illes Balears y el Centro Superior de Investigación en Salud Pública de Valencia. Con la participación de los grupos de investigación de estos centros de investigación, la Microbiología española se mantiene en el grupo de cabeza de la Microbiología internacional y continuará siendo un apoyo indispensable para el futuro de la Biotecnología y Biomedicina de España.

 

El programa CONSOLIDER forma parte de la estrategia Ingenio 2010 y financia ctuaciones de carácter estratégico basadas en actividades científicas que promuevan un avance significativo en el estado del conocimiento o que establezcan líneas de investigación originales situadas en lo que se denomina frontera del conocimiento. Este programa persigue conseguir la excelencia investigadora aumentando la cooperación entre investigadores y formando grandes grupos de investigación.

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Asset Freeze Orders Don’t Disrupt Al Qaeda Financing

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A study conducted at the University of Granada revealed that the measures established by the Security Council of the United Nations – based on asset freeze orders – failed to disrupt Al Qaeda’s financing. Since its founding, this terrorist group has used a number of mechanisms for raising funds from financial facilitators, charities and corporations.

The exchange of information between authorities and banks is essential to detect Al Qaeda’s financing operations. Financial data themselves may not give any hint on how this terrorist group and its related groups get funds. That said, when these data are combined with other information held by the intelligence services, it can help banks see an indicator of potentially suspicious activities.

This is the conclusion drawn from a research conducted by Juan Miguel del Cid Gómez, professor of Finances and Accounting of the University of Granada.

The author found that Al Qaeda has been employing since its founding different mechanisms to raise funds from financial facilitators, charities and corporations. At present, cells, branches or groups associated with Al Qaeda are forced to act independently and get funds by means of activities such as drug trafficking and other common crimes.

All these groups “are forced to resort to hawala (“transferring” in Arabian) and to cash-couriers to move money on the fringes of the official financial system”.

In addition, there are other mechanisms that may be employed by terrorist groups to move their funds without being detected.

“That is the case of international trade. The complex payment methods of international trade, and the volume of transactions render it specially vulnerable,” said Professor Del Cid Gómez. “The online payment systems enabled by new information technologies and telecommunications is also a risk, since they may be used by terrorist groups to transfer money anonymously.”

Seamless Financing

The researcher found that the measures established by the Security Council of the United Nations – based on asset freeze orders – failed to disrupt Al Qaeda’s financing.

Moreover, direct observation of customers has not been successful for detecting terrorist operations. The reason is that reports of suspicious transactions by financial institutions around the world are of little value, when it comes to freeze the assets of the terrorist organization.

The study provides a number of relevant data on the group financing. Before the September 11 attacks, Al Qaeda’s financial needs were approximately $ 30 million annually, according to a CIA’s report. Some estimates indicate that the economic cost of this attack is 400 to 500 thousand dollars. Nevertheless, Del Cid warns that terrorist groups need to meet both the cost of attacks, organization maintenance, and the funds required to spread their ideology.

Apart from buying the weapons, vehicles, explosives and detonators needed for the attack, terrorist groups have to meet other needs, as providing for the terrorists and their families, enabling communications between cell members and with their leaders, training their members, travelling to prepare the attacks, broadcasting propaganda on the media and promoting charity activities, which is a way for terrorist organizations to gain legitimacy.

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Police, Thieves and Ordinary People Apply Different Logic When Making Decisions, Study Shows

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A study conducted by the University of Granada, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, revealed that police officers and ordinary people reason differently than criminals when making decisions. That is, they reason in different ways. This conclusion might have significant implications on criminal jurisdiction.

This research was conducted by Rocío García-Retamero from the Department of Experimental Psychology and Behavioural Physiology of the University of Granada, and Mandeep K. Dhabi from the Institute of Criminology (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom).

For the purpose of this study, García Retamero and Dhami took a sample of 120 people that participated voluntarily. The sample consisted of 40 expert criminals, 40 expert police officers and 40 students unrelated to criminal activities. The police officers had been working for the security forces for an average of 19.4 years and their work had been mainly centred on investigating robberies.

The criminals claimed to have committed an average of 57.2 robberies. They were convicted criminals that had been imprisoned for burglary just once. The students specified the number of times that they had been victims of a theft (only an average of 0.6 times).

Factors

The participants — police officers, expert criminals and students unrelated to any criminal activity — were asked to estimate the importance of certain factors when predicting the chances of a home being broken into. Some of the factors were: full/empty mail box, lights on/off, the fact of the home being a flat or a house, or the presence of neglected plants. They were asked to classify them on the basis of the extent in which their presence could help to predict a successful housebreaking. For example: for the factor «home security systems» they were posed with the following situation: «Imagine two houses: one with a burglar alarm and other without it. In what degree is it more likely that the house without alarm is broken into?» To answer this question, the participants had to draw a circle around a value ranging from 0 to 100 on a ten-point interval scale. Then, participants were classified on the basis of their strategy.

Significant differences

The results revealed that the two groups of experts (burglars and police officers) had different perceptions of the importance and classification of each factor. The perception of the police officers was more similar to that of ordinary people than to that of burglars. Thus, police officers and ordinary people agreed that the method employed to break into the house was the most relevant factor, when it comes to foreseeing a successful housebreaking. Conversely, the burglars considered that the most relevant factor was the presence of a burglar alarm.

Although the answers of both groups of experts differed, they were more consistent than those of ordinary people. That is, the experts employed more consistent criteria when it came to use different ways to express them, and they agreed with experts of their own group in a higher degree.

The conclusions drawn from this research, according to the researchers, «make a new contribution to study the differences between experts and inexperienced people. It also might have important implications regarding criminal jurisdiction and decision-making patterns.»

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Granada varsity study says UNSC order failed to disrupt Qaeda financing

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Measures established by the United Nations Security Council to freeze assets failed to disrupt financing to Al Qaeda, a University of Granada study has revealed.

According to Juan Miguel del Cid Gsmez, Professor of Finances and Accounting at the University of Granada and author of the study, Al Qaeda has used a number of mechanisms to raise funds from financial facilitators, charities and corporations.

Professor Gomez said the exchange of information between authorities and banks is essential to detect Al Qaeda’s financing operations, though he admitted that financial data by itself may not give a hint on how the terrorist group and its associates access funds.

He, however, said that when this data is combined with other information held by the intelligence services, it could help banks detect potentially suspicious activities.

Professor Gomez further opined that splinter groups of Al Qaeda «are forced to resort to hawala («transferring» in Arabian) and to cash-couriers to move money on the fringes of the official financial system».

In addition, there are other mechanisms that may be employed by terrorist groups to move their funds without being detected.

«That is the case of international trade. The complex payment methods of international trade, and the volume of transactions render it specially vulnerable,» Professor Gsmez states.

«The online payment systems enabled by new information technologies and telecommunications is also a risk, since they may be used by terrorist groups to transfer money anonymously,» he adds.

The study provides a number of relevant data on the group financing.

Before the September 11 attacks, Al Qaeda’s financial needs were approximately 30 million dollars annually, according to a CIA’s report.

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Granada varsity study says UNSC order failed to disrupt Qaeda financing

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Measures established by the United Nations Security Council to freeze assets failed to disrupt financing to Al Qaeda, a University of Granada study has revealed.

According to Juan Miguel del Cid Gsmez, Professor of Finances and Accounting at the University of Granada and author of the study, Al Qaeda has used a number of mechanisms to raise funds from financial facilitators, charities and corporations.

Professor Gomez said the exchange of information between authorities and banks is essential to detect Al Qaeda’s financing operations, though he admitted that financial data by itself may not give a hint on how the terrorist group and its associates access funds.

He, however, said that when this data is combined with other information held by the intelligence services, it could help banks detect potentially suspicious activities.

Professor Gomez further opined that splinter groups of Al Qaeda «are forced to resort to hawala («transferring» in Arabian) and to cash-couriers to move money on the fringes of the official financial system».

In addition, there are other mechanisms that may be employed by terrorist groups to move their funds without being detected.

«That is the case of international trade. The complex payment methods of international trade, and the volume of transactions render it specially vulnerable,» Professor Gsmez states.

«The online payment systems enabled by new information technologies and telecommunications is also a risk, since they may be used by terrorist groups to transfer money anonymously,» he adds.

The study provides a number of relevant data on the group financing.

Before the September 11 attacks, Al Qaeda’s financial needs were approximately 30 million dollars annually, according to a CIA’s report.

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Granada varsity study says UNSC order failed to disrupt Qaeda financing

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Measures established by the United Nations Security Council to freeze assets failed to disrupt financing to Al Qaeda, a University of Granada study has revealed.

According to Juan Miguel del Cid Gsmez, Professor of Finances and Accounting at the University of Granada and author of the study, Al Qaeda has used a number of mechanisms to raise funds from financial facilitators, charities and corporations.

Professor Gomez said the exchange of information between authorities and banks is essential to detect Al Qaeda’s financing operations, though he admitted that financial data by itself may not give a hint on how the terrorist group and its associates access funds.

He, however, said that when this data is combined with other information held by the intelligence services, it could help banks detect potentially suspicious activities.

Professor Gomez further opined that splinter groups of Al Qaeda «are forced to resort to hawala («transferring» in Arabian) and to cash-couriers to move money on the fringes of the official financial system».

In addition, there are other mechanisms that may be employed by terrorist groups to move their funds without being detected.

«That is the case of international trade. The complex payment methods of international trade, and the volume of transactions render it specially vulnerable,» Professor Gsmez states.

«The online payment systems enabled by new information technologies and telecommunications is also a risk, since they may be used by terrorist groups to transfer money anonymously,» he adds.

The study provides a number of relevant data on the group financing.

Before the September 11 attacks, Al Qaeda’s financial needs were approximately 30 million dollars annually, according to a CIA’s report.

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