Individuals who participate in terrorist activity overseas often rely on loans to finance their preparation and travel. Loan charge-offs, in combination with other suspicious activity indicators, are used to alert you to potential terror financing activity.

Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) play a vital role in supporting vulnerable populations. However, this type of organizational structure can also be exploited by criminals to fund terrorist activities. Our analytic looks for NPOs that are transacting with unknown or risky counterparties that may be funding terrorist networks.

Transactions are analyzed for international activity that may indicate a customer’s presence in countries publicly identified by various governmental agencies as high risk due to weak or non-existent Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF) measures.