Describe the three primary reasons that traditional financial criminal investigative techniques are ineffective. What is your view on why these investigative techniques are not effective? Explain your view

What will be an ideal response?


• First, terror attacks would be expensive for a normal individual, but not for a group.
• Some attacks cost a few thousand dollars while major operations can be conducted for less than $500,000
• This amount of money can be moved within the financial system.
• Second, freezing assets does not work because terrorists can find sources and investigators lose the ability to follow a particular link once it is frozen.
• Links inside networks should be the focus of terrorism investigations, and known financial links may reveal an unknown node.
• Finally, if financial weapons are to be effective, they must be based on international agreements.

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