Montserrat Financial Intelligence Unit Strengthens Efforts to Combat Terrorist Financing

The Montserrat Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) continues to work towards strengthening the island’s Defenses against terrorist financing.

The FIU says it recently hosted a training session with members of the Royal Montserrat Police Service that focused on identifying and combating terrorist financing.

Key highlights of the training include looking at the definition of Terrorist Financing, stages of Terrorist Financing, and Identifying and detecting Terrorist Financing.

The training also focused on domestic and international cooperation in the fight against Terrorist Financing.

Financial Intelligence Unit says its aim is to safeguard Montserrat’s financial system and contribute to global security.

Meantime, the popularly utilised WhatsApp application has recently been the target of numerous nefarious activities which have severely impacted persons who rely on the platform for communication.

The alarming trend, has not gone unnoticed by officials of the Regional Security System (RSS), who are working diligently to ensure that persons do not fall victim to the emerging scam.

The RSS’ Asset Recovery Unit is urging all WhatsApp users to remain vigiliant and exercise caution when utilising the communication platform.

Users should:

• Follow the recommended steps to verify requests;

• Protect your personal information;

• Be cautious with verification codes;

• Report any suspicious activity to local law enforcement agencies;

• Enable two-factor authentication on WhatsApp.

Members of the public are encouraged to stay abreast of this trend, and cooperate with authorities, in an effort to combat the issue and prevent these malicious activities from causing further harm.