

Putting together the puzzle how terrorism financing works is a mingle of proven cases, know how, experiences, analysis, institutional and international cooperation, imagination, instinct and drawing the right conclusions. As such working on terrorism financing and how it can be countered is an art not science it is an art. The purpose of the article is to give a general overview of terrorism financing and to emphasize the most recent trends. The terrorism funding resources like the Banking System, Hawala, Money Laundering, Charities, Phenomenon Rich Bankers, States, Criminality and highly important the Internet will explained. The Safa Group Case has been chosen to give deeper insights because this is a textbook case of the most common patterns of terrorism financing and because Nick Ridley will focusing in his presentation on how terrorism financing can be countered in the Middle East. Following the concept of NATO ARW the paper will close with identified future scientific research questions: 1. Evaluation of Refining Anti-Terrorism-Financing Policies, 2. Comparatistic Analysis of Functional Categories, 3. Development of a combined undercover Security System of Human Behavior Patters, Web and Financial Activities, 4. Planting of electronic “agents” within IT Systems, 5. Improving the interoperability of the Software and Analyses of OSINT between governmental institutions and between countries. Finally and most important might be the creation of a relationship of trust and transparency with Sharia banks and charities.