| Domestic Terrorism: | | | | activities to fund their operations, they have an |
| Common ties between domestic terrorism and | | | | advantage in involving in criminal activity in that |
| international terrorism: | | | | they gain finances and at the same time they |
| Terrorism can be defined as the use of threats | | | | endanger the societies that they target through |
| and at some times actual violence in the pursuit | | | | these activities. The other reason is that the |
| of political goals. According to Paul Johnson | | | | criminal activities the terrorist involve in are hard |
| terrorist have three elements which include: | | | | for the judicial system to solve and prove. Some |
| Terrorist believe that their goals are the most | | | | of the criminal activities that terrorist will engage |
| important and through this believe they reject all | | | | in include: |
| other means of achieving their goals. Terrorist will | | | | Drug trafficking: |
| run counter to democratic institutions and that civil | | | | Drug trafficking is an activity that the terrorist |
| freedom which is one characteristic of a | | | | involve in order to finance their activities, initially |
| democratic nation makes the nation to be more | | | | the terrorist groups were funded by the soviet |
| vulnerable to terrorism. | | | | union but after its collapse drug trafficking |
| Domestic terrorism and international terrorism | | | | become a major source of finance. |
| have common ties whereby their activities are | | | | Identity theft: |
| similar, they are common in the activities they | | | | Identity theft is one of the most recent means in |
| involve in order to get finances, they both will | | | | which terrorist use to finance their activities, this |
| involve in activities such as drug trafficking, | | | | has emerged with the emergence of the internet |
| counterfeiting and smuggling of goods. These are | | | | and computer software which have made it |
| their major source of finance to their activities. | | | | easier to retrieve peoples information, and this |
| They have a common enemy which include the | | | | has enabled the terrorist to steal people’s |
| law enforcement agencies and the government, | | | | identity which have resulted to financial scams |
| this is because they both involve themselves in | | | | which provide finances to the terrorist groups. |
| illegal activities and these agencies are there to | | | | Cigarette smuggling |
| enforce laws. | | | | This is also a means by which terrorist groups will |
| Internet and domestic terrorism | | | | use in gaining finances, cigarettes are smuggled |
| Internet has enhanced the occurrence of | | | | from low tax regions to regions whereby |
| domestic terrorism, the internet has become a | | | | individuals will buy large quantities of cigarettes |
| source of information enhancing the occurrence of | | | | from low tax regions and sell them at a profit in |
| identity theft which is used by terrorist group to | | | | regions where there are high taxes imposed on |
| engage in their criminal activities, information | | | | cigarettes. An example is in the North Carolina |
| collected include individuals information, bank credit | | | | where cigarette taxes are lower than in New |
| information and credit card information. The | | | | York and therefore terrorist will smuggle |
| internet has also been used to lure innocent | | | | cigarettes from North Carolina to New York. |
| citizens into frauds where individuals are asked to | | | | Counterfeit: |
| pay for certain services or goods and as a result | | | | Terrorist will trade in counterfeit good to finance |
| they are fraud off their money. | | | | their activities. Counterfeits for example are made |
| The intervention which includes monitoring | | | | on designer cloths, pharmaceutical products and |
| activities in the web by the authorities will be an | | | | sometimes electronic goods. |
| effective way to counter terrorism. However this | | | | The Hamm report: |
| may result into leaking of organisations information | | | | The future of terrorism: |
| that may lead to losses by these organisations. | | | | In the society we are faced with a great threat |
| When there exists a monitoring device in the | | | | from terrorism, terrorism use force to gain their |
| internet then there will be leaking of company | | | | goals and their believe that there is nothing else |
| information to its competitors or even to | | | | important than the goals that they set then we |
| speculators which may lead to loss of funds. | | | | are endangered, terrorism can be stopped if |
| Therefore the best way to strike a balance is to | | | | appropriate measures are put in place in the |
| monitor only suspicious information on the web | | | | society, in a democratic form of governance it is |
| mostly from regions that are suspected to have | | | | very difficult to implement the strategies that are |
| terrorist groups, there exist such monitoring | | | | appropriate to counter terrorism. For example the |
| systems but they were banned by the US | | | | best way to counter terrorism is through viewing |
| government but the best would be to install a | | | | of web contents of individuals but this will be |
| system that tracks conversations that include | | | | highly opposed by individuals because this |
| key words used by the terrorist groups. | | | | diminishes their right of free speech and privacy. |
| Organisational information therefore should not be | | | | International terrorism can easily be stopped but |
| monitored to avoid financial losses as a result of | | | | for domestic terrorism it is very hard to stop |
| information leak. Therefore the federal should be | | | | because the individuals already live in the society |
| empowered to monitor information regarding | | | | they endanger, it is therefore easier to decrease |
| suspicious groups and not for the organisations. | | | | the rate of international crime than that of |
| Funding of domestic terrorism | | | | domestic terrorism. |
| Terrorist groups will involve themselves in criminal | | | | |