20.04.2013;                      10.Ijar. 5773                     Tag 25 des Omer; Acharei Mot-Kedoschim

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Business: Virtual terror finance

The popularity of online currencies is creating a growing challenge to law-enforcement and counter-terrorism authorities.

After meeting with a terrorist released in the Gilad Schalit prisoner deal in Saudi Arabia, 24-year-old Amir Brakhat was expecting $60,000 in cold, hard cash in exchange for launching a terrorist attack against Israelis. Had the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) not arrested him, he would have received at least part of that reward from two agents who smuggled thousands of euros and dollars into the West Bank in cigarette cartons, the agency said this week….