THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES
OF PROCEEDS OF CRIME
APPROACHES
University of Manchester School of Law
Manchester, England
October 3, 2014
Professor Jimmy Gurulé
Notre Dame Professor of Law
ANTI-TERORISM ACT
“Any national of the United States injured in his or her person,
property or business by reason of an act of international terrorism,
or his or her estate, survivors, or heirs, may sue therefor in any
appropriate district court of the United States and shall recover
threefold the damages he or she sustains and the cost of the suit,
including attorney’s fees.”
18 U.S.C. § 2333(a)
“International Terrorism”
The term “international terrorism” means activities that ---
a) Involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a
violation of the criminal laws of the United States . . .;
“International Terrorism”
b) Appear to be intended –
i.
ii.
to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or
coercion;
iii. to affect the conduct of a government by assassination or
kidnapping; and
“International Terrorism”
c) occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United
States, or transcend national boundaries in terms of the means
by which they are accomplished, the persons they appear
intended to intimidate of coerce, or the locale in which their
perpetrators operate or seek asylum.
18 U.S.C. § 2331(1)
Providing Material Support or Resources to
Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations
"Whoever knowingly provides material support or resources to a
foreign terrorist organization, or attempts or conspires to do so
shall be . . . imprisoned not more than 15 years . . . and, if the
death of any person results, shall be imprisoned for any term of
years or for life. To violate this paragraph, a person must have
knowledge that the organization is a designated terrorist
organization . . . that the organization has engaged or engages in
terrorist activity . . . or has engaged or engages in terrorism . . . ."
18 U.S.C. § 2339B