Globalization is affecting most everything in the world today by mixing cultures, beliefs, people, and ideas together in the melting pot of society. Since terrorism has taken the impact of globalization it is leaving the world in a war of terror and a desperate effort to unite against the growing terrorist groups. After the numerous, tragic world wide events stemmed by terrorism such as: 9/11, bombing of the London subway, and the Beslan school hostage crisis, the world has vastly changed its’ mentality of dealing with the future. The globe is forced to unite against an emerging threat, and is conjointly cutting funding for terrorism through decreasing various purchases of oil and other items from organizations aiding terrorist groups such as illegal drug traders. Alongside with diminishing financial resources for the terrorist groups, the allied regions are working against countries that continue to harbor terrorists and provide them with their land as a safe haven by uniting against the terrorist sheltering countries. The nations working against terrorism, especially the United States of America, are reforming security in airports of passengers and cargo, also enhancing technology to detect bomb like substances, guns, and nuclear/radiological items in airport cargo, airport passengers, world trade, sea containers, and all other possible entries of weaponry for terroristic attacks. The goal for ending terrorism and the war on terror is to cut away terrorists’ necessary needs, unite nations against them, prohibit the harboring of terrorists in enemy countries, and to be a step ahead in security to prevent further terroristic attacks.
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Terrorism is one of the greatest threats facing humanity in the modern society. There has been an increase in the number of terrorist organizations and terror attacks that are conducted by groups in pursuit of divergent ideologies (Burleigh, 2009). Since the 9/11 terror attacks in the United States, terrorism has been recognized as a serious problem that calls for a global and coordinated response by governments across the world. Many countries have invested heavily in intelligence-gathering and purchase of hardware and technology needed to detect and neutralize terrorist attacks. However, this has not stopped the threat faced from terrorism and these attacks continue unabated almost every single day in different parts of the world.
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During the 21st Century acts of domestic and international terrorism have significantly increased. Thus the international community of nations has the challenge to adopt a common approach to the treatment of terrorism as an international crime. The challenge at present is for the international community of nations to adopt a common approach to the treatment of terrorism as an international crime (Lawless, 2008). In fact, terrorism is an international crime it requires the international community to act in the prevention of terrorism and the sanction of individuals perpetrating acts of terrorism(Lawless, 2008). The September 2011 attack on the United States has presented an opportunity for the internationalist forces to come to the forefront of the global political agenda. ...
The threat of global terrorism continues to rise with the total number of deaths reaching 32,685 in 2015, which is an 80 percent increase from 2014 (Global Index). With this said, terrorism remains a growing, and violent phenomenon that has dominated global debates. However, ‘terrorism’ remains a highly contested term; there is no global agreement on exactly what constitutes a terror act. An even more contested concept is whether to broaden the scope of terrorism to include non-state and state actors.
As stated by Haddow, C., Bullock, J., Coppola, D.P., Terrorism is a global problem. From 1969 to 2009, over 38,000 terrorist attacks were reported worldwide. Three thousand, or 8 percent of these, targeted Americans or American interests both inside the United States and overseas, leading to the deaths of almost 5600 people and injuries to over 16,000 more (p. 309).
With the rise of Islamic extremist groups, international terrorism has now become a worldwide social dilemma. The roots of this social problem include a variety of possibilities; however, most commonly terrorism is perceived as an issue triggered by the economic and political inefficiency of a country. In recent years this belief was particularly supported during presidency of George W. Bush and later reinforced by the “anti-Islamic” sentiment triggered by the events of September 11, 2001. Likewise Joseph Kahn and Tim Weiner, authors of World Leaders Rethinking Strategy on Aid to Poor, agreed with President Bush’s strategy of financially assisting the poor Middle Eastern nations to combat terrorism. In addition to poverty, transnational terrorism is also attributed to the political
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The IMF report has noted that the UAE has made notable and commendable strides in responding to the ever increasing challenges fronted by the well-orchestrated and resource-rich international crime syndicates. However they have identified a number of areas where the UAE central bank has fallen short of meeting requirements and expectations as can be seen in their detailed assessment report on the UAE’s Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism. The UAE has been described by the IMF as a society where the carrying of large amounts of cash and purchasing goods and property with cash is a common phenomenon. These large scale cash activities usually provide an effective hideaway to criminalized activities such as Money laundering and Terrorism financing. The ML and terrorist financing (TF) vulnerabilities exist in the UAE due to the reliance on cash based transaction settlements in the economy as well as the expansion into offshore businesses, the use of international business companies, and the increasing amount of direct foreign investment from many countries. Among the notable findings in the report are the challenges brought about by the Hawala money transfer system in the UAE, lack of adequate customer due diligence measures and inadequate suspicious transaction reporting among financial institutions in the UAE. These are discussed below.
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