Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:49am on 09 Jul 2025,Wednesday India
The Financial Action Task Force's latest report reveals terrorists purchased aluminium powder—integral to the deadly February 14, 2019 Pulwama IED that killed 40 CRPF personnel—via an e-commerce platform like Amazon . The FATF warns that such platforms and online payment tools are increasingly exploited for terror financing. In a related 2022 case, a lone attacker at Gorakhnath Temple funded his actions by transferring roughly ₹6.7 lakh through PayPal, using VPNs to conceal his tracks . FATF urges stricter regulation of e‑commerce, payment systems, and VPNs to prevent abuse by extremist networks. (PC: India Today)
