Terrorist financing is the financial support of terrorists or those who encourage, plan or engagein
terrorism. Terrorist financing may involve funds raised from legitimate sources, such as personal
donations and profits from businesses and charitable organisations. It may also be drawn from
criminal sources, such as the drug trade, the smuggling of weapons and other goods, fraud,
kidnapping and extortion. People who finance terrorism often use similar methods and tools to those
used for money laundering.