Keywords
Organised crime
Terrorist financing
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Abstract
This article throws light on organised crime which is chameleonic in nature and due to its dynamics; it represents and adjusts according to promulgated laws. This has prospered and overlapped with the criminal activities of organised criminal groups. In the same way, money laundering is a predicate offense and by default, it is linked to other organised crimes. The study discussed the impact of 9/11 which was a culmination of a lethal combination of money laundering and terrorist financing. This same nexus is currently being experienced by Pakistan. The study critically dissects the dissipation of organised criminal activities and money laundering in Pakistan along with transnational stakeholders’ involvement with counter measures. Various methodologies adopted by criminal networks are reviewed in the article. Criminal networks exploit the pervasiveness of technological advancement more efficiently than the government. Government should recognize that sovereignty is daily compromised at the hands of stateless organised criminal networks. These are involved in the laundering of money, financing of terrorism and other linked organised crimes. The active presence of terrorist networks like Taherik-e.-Taliban, other non-state actors, porous borders with Afghanistan, and the cash-based and undocumented economy in the presence of corruption pose serious threats to the regime and require immediate counter measures. Moreover, all countries in the region require beefing up efforts against money laundering and terrorist financing at local, regional, and international levels. Pakistan has shown its international commitment to global stakeholders by adopting multi-prong strategies. But there is a long way to go in countering money laundering and terrorist financing. Counter-terrorist operations, namely ‘Zarb-e-Azb’ (means sharp and cutting strike) in North Waziristan along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in 2014 & Radd-ul-Fasaad (means the elimination of strife) across the country in 2017 were carried out by Pakistan army as a part of state efforts to curb local and cross border terrorism.
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