Black Market Billions: How Organized Retail Crime Funds Global Terrorists (Gal Zentner's Library) (42 page)

Abdullah Yusuf Azzam,
135

Abelrahman, Idriss,
156

Abu Abdul Aziz,
171

Abu Talhah Al-Amirikee,
162

Abu Zubaydah,
129

Advantage Freight Network,
65
,
86
,
111
,
126

AEDPA (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act) of 1996,
239-241

Afghan Transit Trade (ATT),
165
,
181

Africa, cigarette smuggling in,
190-191

Agilence, Inc.,
209

Aguirre, Fernando,
193

Ahmed, Farooque,
145

Akhdar, Elias Mohamad,
184

Al Barakaat,
144

Al Farooq Mosque,
168

al Khifa,
135

al Qaeda

AQIM (al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb),
156
,
189

connection with MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha),
21-25

effect of global recession on,
9-11

funding by Muslim charities,
174-175

fundraising activities of,
134-135

independent cells,
121

al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM),
156
,
189

al Shabaab,
11
,
18
,
41
,
161
,
174

Al Taqwa,
144

al-Awlaki, Anwar,
166-167

Albright, Madeleine,
193
,
240

Albuquerque Police Department,
72-74

Albuquerque Retail Assets Protection Association (ARAPA),
72

Alessa, Mohamed Mahmood,
18
,
163

Alfred Bossert money laundering organization,
186

Ali, Amina Farah,
172-173

Almonte, Carlos Eduardo,
18
,
163

Alpha Trading,
82

Amazon,
43

American Theft Prevention Products,
3
,
206

AMI (anti-money laundering) programs,
222

anti-American sentiment among immigrant communities,
15-17
,
21

anti-money laundering (AML) programs,
222

Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA),
239-241

Anti-Terrorism Clause (ATC),
174

Aponte, Anthony,
107

Aponte, Harry,
107

Appo Import Export,
123-127

AQIM (al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb),
156
,
189

Aqueduct Flea Market,
91

ARAPA (Albuquerque Retail Assets Protection Association),
72

Arden Fair Mall (Sacramento, CA),
201-205

Arellano Felix,
155

Arostequi, David Nil-Jose,
107

aspirational shoppers,
38

At Home in the World
(Pearl),
181

ATC (Anti-Terrorism Clause),
174

Atef, Mohammed,
129

ATT (Afghan Trade and Transit),
165

Atta, Mohammad,
128-129

auto theft,
113-115

Avanguardia Nazional,
140

Ayabatwa, Tibert Rujugiro,
190

Ayala, Janice,
214

Ayatollah Khomeini,
28

B

B. Rosen and Sons,
86-87

baby strollers, use by boosters,
107

BAD-CATS,
64
,
112

Baker, Richard,
38

Bank of New York,
171

The Bank of New York, money laundering through,
185-188

Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) of 1970,
144-145
,
185

Banki, Mahmoud Reza,
47

banking regulations,
145-150

banking systems

anti-money laundering (AML) programs,
222

circumvention of.
See
money laundering

hawalas.
See
hawalas regulation failures

hawalas,
219-227

in Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, and Somalia,
223-224

Barakat, Assad Muhammad,
123-127
,
135

Barakat, Hamzi,
124

Barakat, Hatim Ahmad,
124-125
,
135

Barakat, Muhammad Fayez,
125

Barakat Import Export Ltd,
124

Barneys,
54-56
,
116

Benevolence International Foundation,
175

BERG Associates,
120

Bergman, Jay,
156

Bianchi, Corrado,
187

Biegelman, Martin T.,
132

Biggs, Jerry,
13
,
61
,
78-79
,
88
,
90
,
92
,
98-99
,
217

Bihi, Abdirizak,
173

Black Market Peso Exchange,
152-155

blame game,
54

Bloomingdale’s,
57

Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP,
197

Bomez, Julio,
86-87

booster bags,
107

boosters.
See also
cargo theft

booster bags,
107

case studies

June,
80

Maria,
77-80
,
97-98

Marin Moreno,
73

Nick Jojola,
98-99

definition of,
97

deterring,
115-118

legal penalties for convictions,
101-103

Level 1 boosters,
98-99

Level 2 boosters,
104-108

Level 3 boosters,
108-115

tools and theft techniques,
107

Borodkin, Alice,
45

Brazil, Muslim population in,
120

Breyer, Stephen,
240

BSA (Bank Secrecy Act) of 1970,
144-145
,
185

Buckner, Kris,
44
,
166-167

bulk cash smuggling,
228

Burke, Michael,
32
,
34

Burlington Coat Factory,
34

Bush, George W.,
173

C

Calderon, Horacio,
132

Caltagirone, Tom,
63

Canara Bank,
147

cargo theft,
83-84
,
112-113
,
172

cargo theft rings,
84

case study: cargo theft of B. Rosen and Sons,
86-87

costs of,
64-67
,
93

as national security threat,
93

of over-the-counter drugs,
84-86

USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act,
93

cartels,
152-155

Casa Apollo,
124

Casa Hamze,
124

cash cards,
45-48

Cassara, John A.,
141

CCTV (closed-circuit television system) at Arden Fair Mall (Sacramento, CA),
202-203

Cedar Distributors,
133

Center for Contemporary Conflict,
225

CFT (Combating the Financing of Terrorism),
224

CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission),
227

CFTRA (Currency and Foreign Transaction Reporting Act),
148

Chambers Ireland,
192

Chan, Siu Yung,
33
,
64

Chanel,
59

charitable donation loopholes,
173-175

charities (Muslim)

charitable donation loopholes,
173-175

funding of terrorist organizations,
169-172

online solicitation of donations,
175

U.S. fundraising for,
172-173

USAID Antiterrorism Vetting Procedures,
175-177

Chase Manhattan Bank, money laundering through,
185-188

Chesnut, Rob,
42

Chesser, Zack,
161

Chiquita, involvement with Columbian paramilitary groups,
192-195

“Chris from the Congo” (counterfeit handbag dealer),
13-15
,
34-37
,
49
,
137
,
166

Chroust, Casey,
13

cigarette smuggling,
183-192

in Africa,
189-191

costs of,
183-185
,
188-189

history of,
188-189

in Ireland,
191-192

in Latin America,
191

by RJR Corp.,
183-188

circumvention of banking systems.
See
money laundering

Citibank N.A., money laundering through,
185-188

Clarke, Ronald V.,
55
,
213

CLEAR (Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail),
42
,
58
,
168

closed-circuit television system (CCTV) at Arden Fair Mall (Sacramento, CA),
202-203