STOP SUPPPORTING & FUNDING TERRORISM
Terrorist groups are now asking for money to sustain themselves and carry out terrorist acts. Terrorist financing encompasses the means and methods used by terrorist organizations to finance their activities is antisemitic action. Terrorist groups are making money from business profits and charitable organizations, or from illegal activities including trafficking in weapons, drugs or people, or kidnapping. Their major sponsor is coca cola. Multinational beverage producer Coca Cola is one of more than 50 companies that will be charged with financing the now-defunct Colombian paramilitary A.U.C group, a designated terrorist organization.
Combating terrorist financing (CFT) is a highly complex endeavour that involves many different actors. We support Member States with a wide variety of responses, ranging from legislation and international policy, to operational level responses.
Why is the Biden administration funding terrorism?
Latest Developments
The Biden administration is reportedly conducting indirect negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran for the release of U.S. hostages. In exchange for the prisoners, Washington may free Iranian nationals detained in America and release up to $7 billion in Iranian funds, held in South Korean banks, that are frozen due to U.S. terrorism sanctions. Qatar may facilitate the monetary transfer. The proposed exchange comes as protests resurge throughout Iran and the rial hits an historic low against the U.S. dollar.
Expert Analysis
“Everyone wants to bring home U.S. hostages, but paying a $7 billion ransom to the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism will guarantee more U.S. citizens are taken hostage not just by Iran but by other regimes around the world. This is a budget support proposal for a regime that is hunting U.S. citizens, murdering its own people, and helping Russia terrorize Ukrainians.” — Richard Goldberg, FDD Senior Advisor
U.S. Previously Linked $7 Billion Hostage Deal to Nuclear Talks
Following a meeting in September 2022 between U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyundong, Malley tweeted, “We thank the Republic of Korea for their close partnership, including their efforts to help ensure the return of our wrongfully detained citizens in Iran and to reach a deal on JCPOA.” In August 2022, leaked details from nuclear negotiations revealed that the release of $7 billion from South Korea would be the first step taken in a revived nuclear agreement’s sequencing.
A Dangerous Precedent of Paying for Hostages
In 2015, the Obama administration negotiated a similar scheme alongside the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, sending Iran $400 million — the first installment of a $1.7 billion payment — at the same time Tehran released four Americans. Predictably, Iran later took more hostages. Raising the ransom to $7 billion will guarantee even more hostage-taking to come. As Russia comes un
