Paris – La France on Wednesday presented a series of measures to fight against the financing of terrorism, foremost among which is the lowering of the ceiling allowed for cash payments, reduced to € 1,000 against 3,000 so far.
jihadist attacks in Paris in early January highlighted the ability of some terrorist networks to fund underground, often with modest amounts, said Finance Minister Michel Sapin told reporters.
This is so, he was detailed to strengthen the regulatory framework to the risks presented by a terrorist at low cost in its production but strong effect in human terms.
first priority, according to Paris, is to prevent the flow of too much money in cash and more generally anonymous payment methods that encourage trafficking and gasoline are difficult to control.
The French authorities intend to give priority regulations with better traceability (checks, credit cards, bank transfers).
The lowering of the ceiling to 1,000 euros for cash transactions concern the natural or legal persons resident in France. For non-residents, ceiling, currently set at 15,000 euros, will be reduced to 10,000.
Mr. Sapin also considering imposing systematic reporting of any deposit or withdrawal of money higher at 10,000 euros Tracfin cell fight against tax fraud of the Ministry of Economy.
The minister also called for extending the freezing of assets held by persons who commit or attempt to commit acts of terrorism to their personal property (car …) and real estate. The freeze applies only for the time bank assets.
Mr. Fir has also insisted on a capacity building in the field of consumer credit. This is thanks to a loan of this type qu’Amédy Coulibaly, the author of the jihadist massacre that killed four Jewish victims in a kosher supermarket in Paris on January 9, had funded the preparation of the attack.
(© AFP / March 18, 2015 15.00)
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