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Terrorism, Transnational Crime, and Information Warfare … An Increasing Security and Development Threat

Drawn from: 2001 State of the Future, Future Mind, and personal reflections - not an official UNU presentation

11 September 2001 Terrorist Attacks

✯Short-term counter without West vs Islam

➢ Freeze assets - and freeze those who don’t ➢ Military Force, no negotiations, smoke out ➢ ICC and UN Trusteeship Council

✯Long-term counter Mind Set that creates

terrorism

➢ This is a job for information warfare ➢ and better foreign policy and attitude ➢ Devastate now to avoid bio-terrorism later

Terrorist Mind Set

✔ Fear elimination of Islam by Western cultural hegemony ✔ Defeated USSR/godless communism in Afghanistan ✔ Can and has a responsibility to defeat USA/globalization ✔ US Israeli policies are not helping ✔ King of the Hill phenomena and US arrogance on top of that hill. ✔ It is Islamic Law’s tern to rule the world

2001 State of the Future

✔UN early warning system transparent ✔Integrate it with NGOs and Media ✔Shared intelligence ✔Make intelligence technology available ✔Double funding of anti-terrorism efforts ✔Smarter sanctions ✔Broadcast ICC trail of leaders who harbor

terrorists

Continued

✔Use counter money laundering strategies ✔Global media dialogues over decades on

issues that inflame terrorists

✔Link such dialogues to school curriculum

changes

✔Global Partnership for Development ✔Sharouk-like development strategies

used in Egypt

Information Warfare

Terrorist Organizations (Political, Ethnic,

• r Religious)

Private Sector Competitive Intelligence Transnational Organized Crime Government Organizations Non-governmental Organizations Advanced Marketing Techniques

Terrorist Organizations (Political, Ethnic,

• r Religious)

Private Sector Competitive Intelligence Transnational Organized Crime Government Organizations Non-governmental Organizations Advanced Marketing Techniques

Some Transnational Some Transnational Organized Crime Threats Organized Crime Threats

➣ $2 Trillion per year; 1 Trillion Profit ➢ 2-5% Global Economy Laundered ➣ Banks vs Internet with $1-2 trillion/per day ➢ What percent of world under influence? ➣ Buys the future of crime: countries ➣ Elections are run on software ➣ Other New Markets: Terrorism and Infowar

Elements of Counter Money Elements of Counter Money Laundering Strategy Laundering Strategy

✓ Global, simultaneous, focused. ✓ IMF Finance Ministers Meeting ✓ Shared money laundering data base ✓ Prioritize list by global volume ✓ Protocol to Palermo, ICC, UN SC ✓ Deputize Courts ✓ Situation Room under IMF or other

Strategic Sequence

✓ When the largest is clear ✓ Legal case is solid ✓ A court is willing to open on no notice ✓ Assets and access can be frozen ✓ You know where he is ✓ Local authorities will make the arrest ✓ Sit Room confirms arrest capability ✓ Sit Room confirms all else is ready

What’s Next for this Counter What’s Next for this Counter Money Laundering Strategy? Money Laundering Strategy?

➣ Continue to assess governments ➣ How to deputize courts? ➣ Palermo Treaty protocol? ➣ Rome Statue for ICC protocol? ➣ Explore UN - Security Council as it deputizes Military, can it also

do Courts?

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