2012 Awards for Excellence

Citation

Rider, B. (2013), "2012 Awards for Excellence", Journal of Money Laundering Control, Vol. 16 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmlc.2013.31016aaa.002

2012 Awards for Excellence

Article Type: 2012 Awards for Excellence From: Journal of Money Laundering Control, Volume 16, Issue 1

The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award for Journal of Money Laundering Control

“Terrorism and the internet: a double-edged sword”

Shima D. KeeneThe Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, London, UK

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to highlight the extent of the use of the internet by terrorist organisations to achieve their strategic and operational objectives.

Design/methodology/approach - The methodology adopted consisted of an extensive literature review on topics to include Islamic terrorism, cyber crime, globalisation, and financial crime, supported by field work to verify findings.

Findings - Al-Qaeda has become a radical Islamic phenomenon held together through its global network of communities, both virtual and physical. One significant enabler has been the internet, which enables anonymous communication, aids recruitment, encourages the sharing of knowledge, as well as playing a significant role in the spreading of propaganda. The understanding of the use of internet-based technologies, not only as a potential target for terrorist attack, but as a tool to achieve its ideological and operational goals, remains a neglected area of study requiring further focus.

Originality/value - This paper serves as a useful guide to alert and educate counter-terrorism professionals, law enforcement and policy makers of the significance of the extent of the use of the internet for purposes such as operational planning, recruitment, psychological operations and fund raising. It is essential that these subjects should not be viewed as a peripheral issue to cyber-terrorism, but instead, should be considered to be central to the existing counter-terrorism effort.

Keywords Internet, Terrorism, Globalization, Al-Qaeda, Internet technology, Risk assessment, Psychological operations

www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/13685201111173839

This article originally appeared in Volume 14 Number 4, 2011, pp. 359-70 Journal of Money Laundering Control

The following articles were selected for this year's Highly Commended Award

“Implementation of the FATF 40+9 Recommendations: A perspective from developing countries”

Neil Jensen and Cheong-Ann Png

This article originally appeared in Volume 14 Number 2, 2011, Journal of Money Laundering Control

“Enforcement of prudential standards in Turkish banking law”

Nusret Cetin

This article originally appeared in Volume 14 Number 3, 2011, Journal of Money Laundering Control

“The uses of irresistible inference: Protecting the system from criminal penetration through more effective prosecution of money laundering offences”

Kenneth Murray

This article originally appeared in Volume 14 Number 1, 2011, Journal of Money Laundering Control