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Financial Crimes
Financial Crimes, namely, money laundering and terrorist financing, seem to run unabated throughout Afghanistan. Opium Poppy is a $2.7 billion dollar illicit industry. And some of the warlords and local militia who were financed by the anti-communist countries (mainly the U.S.) to drive out the Russians and to topple the Taliban, have now become “traffickers”, “protectionist groups”, or “terrorists”, receiving some or all of their financing from the opium trade. Given this situation, the government is attempting to introduce anti-money laundering legislation and combating terrorist financing through improved law enforcement. However, the task is challenging and just beginning to unfold.
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