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This 8 page paper compares the measures and accounting culture in the UK and Saudi Arabia to identify the divergent attitudes towards control the cash flow used to fund terrorism. The paper looks at the accounting regulations and the way they are enforced as well as the cultural difference, including the importance of Zakat in Islamic countries. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
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show the level of financing available. The Bali bombing 2002 is estimated as costing $74,000, the Lindberg bombing also in 2002 is estimated to have cost in the region
of $127,000, and the Djerba Mosque bombing, which was also 2002 is estimated as a cost of $20,000. These are all dwarfed by the cost of the September 11th attacks
in the US that are estimated at above $500,000 (Brisard, 2002). With this level of cost, and an estimate that the attacks themselves only require 10% of the total funding
requirement, there is an indication of the high level of money that are required, It is often though that much of this money is dealt with by off shore banks,
that it is the proceeds of crime and that this does not touch the main stream accounting systems in any way. This is a false, most money will touch the
mainstream systems at some point (Der Hovanesia, 2003). The issue that the accountancy and finance profession need to deal with how terrorists money is identified, and what should be
done about it., There are two elements to this issue, firstly the detention and regulations, and secondly the attitude and culture towards the regulations. For example, Prince Salman, Governor of
the Riyadh Province is known to have said "If beneficiaries had used assistance for evil acts, that is not our responsibility at all". (2002, quoted Brisard, 2002). This may
not be a tacit approval of the terrorist actions, but it is a denial of further moral responsibility for the uses money given out is put to. Comparing the
UK and a country such as Saudi Arabia the is a clear different in terms of culture and the moral attitudes taken towards responsibility. This is reflected n both the
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