Financing of Recruitment for Terrorist Purposes
Recruiting members and supporters is crucial to a terrorist organisation's survival. Each terrorist organisation has different recruitment techniques, depending on whether it is a large or small organisation, or a dispersed network of individuals.
Using input collected from authorities within the FATF Global Network, this report increases understanding of terrorist organisations’ funding needs to recruit members and supporters. In some cases, these funding needs are minimal. This report identifies the most common methods of recruitment used by terrorist organisations and terrorist cells, and the costs associated with these different methods and techniques of terrorist recruitment:
This report sheds a light on how terrorist organisations fund the recruitment of new members and supporters, from fastfood restaurant ‘headquarters’ to financial incentives for new recruits, and will help authorities detect and disrupt these recruitment activities.
More on:
FATF Strategy on Combating Terrorist Financing
Current Efforts by the FATF to Monitor and Take Action against Terrorist Financing
Also available in Spanish language; translation provided by GAFILAT: - Spanish - Financing Recruitment for Terrorist Purposes