THE IMPORTANCE OF the banks’ role in the fight against terrorism was spelt out bluntly by George W Bush shortly after September 11 2001. “We’re putting banks and financial institutions around the world on notice. We will work with their governments and ask them to freeze or block the terrorist ability to access funds,” he said.
Two years later, a balance sheet of the financial community’s success in its corner of the fight against terror can be drawn up.
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