Describes a new form of money laundering which does not involve proceeds of past crimes but clean money intended to be used to commit future crimes. Adduces the financing of terrorism as the obvious example: the cash for the attacks of September 11 may have been clean, but the purpose was...

Discusses the range of tools that US prosecutors have available to track down people financing terrorism and confiscating their money. Proposes a basic approach that focuses on more pedestrian offences than those specifically targeted at terrorism. Points out that traditional forensic techniques...