Terrorist Financing Through Money Laundering: A Challenge For Financial Investigators

On April 8, 2009, the world was left astonished when the MV Maersk Alabama was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. “Pirates,” which was a thing of the past, once again drew worldwide attention. This incident was the first time in some 200 years that pirates had set foot on a ship sailing under the U.S. flag. The matter was resolved with the intervention of the U.S. Navy. After this…