Terrorists don't need much money to kill. All you have to do is recruit a dude in the US, give him information on how to purchase an AR-15, and the dude can start killing people at the malls or any other soft targets.
Or actually just kill people with pistols. Seung-Hui Cho, the Virginia Tech mass killer, kills 35 people with his Glock 19 and Walther P22.
The attacker is basically undetectable until he start his assault, and the probability of success is quite high. He can even use his car to ram into the mall door and run down individuals before he start his shooting spree. The only hope for civilians at that point is that a policeman or a civilian with a pistol to start shooting back.
The operation can be done with the attacker saving money for those purchase of weapons by working at his usual job. You don't need to send funds.
(Of course, if it was that easy, why don't terrorists do it more often?)
Exactly the point. All the money laundering talk is complete bs when it comes to terrorism. There is only one reason, and that is that government wants their taxes.
I don't think that's strictly true. It's generally thought that one of the biggest bank robberies in the UK (the Northern Bank Robbery) was pulled off by the Provisional IRA. Terrorist organisations do need to launder money - it may just not be the same terrorist organisations that you are thinking of.
Or actually just kill people with pistols. Seung-Hui Cho, the Virginia Tech mass killer, kills 35 people with his Glock 19 and Walther P22.
The attacker is basically undetectable until he start his assault, and the probability of success is quite high. He can even use his car to ram into the mall door and run down individuals before he start his shooting spree. The only hope for civilians at that point is that a policeman or a civilian with a pistol to start shooting back.
The operation can be done with the attacker saving money for those purchase of weapons by working at his usual job. You don't need to send funds.
(Of course, if it was that easy, why don't terrorists do it more often?)