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Spring 2008: U.S. Government Efforts To Suppress Terrorism Financing

Date: Friday, April 4, 2008
Location: Wake Forest University - Worrell Professional Center, Room 1302

The Wake Forest Law Review held its twenty-first annual Business Law Symposium on the topic of “U.S. Government Efforts to Suppress Terrorism Financing” on Friday, April 4, 2008, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Symposium was coordinated with the expertise of resident faculty member Robert M. Chesney.

The 2008 Symposium focused on the impact of the government’s efforts to suppress terrorism financing. We selected a panel of authors that exemplify the multitude of viewpoints on this issue, including academics, policy specialists, and government representatives. Rather than panel format, the Symposium gave a fifty minute block to each contributor for presentation and question-and-answer with the other participants. We enjoyed the presentation of these papers in a setting in which the speakers was able to engage in a spirited and informed debate.

Authors included:

Photograph of Jeff Breinholt
Jeffrey Breinholt

International Strategy and Assessment Center
U.S. Department of Justice 		Photograph of Nina Crimm
Nina Crimm

St. John's University School of Law
Photograph of Laura Donohue
Laura Donohue

The Center for Constitutional Law at Stanford Law School 		Photograph of Sue Eckert
Sue Eckert

The Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University
Photograph of Richard Gordon
Richard Gordon

Case Western Reserve University School of Law 		Photograph of Garry Jenkins
Garry Jenkins

Michael E. Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University

The Symposium will also feature a compelling lunch presentation by Kenneth D. Bell.

Photograph of Kenneth Bell Kenneth Bell
Partner, Hunton & Williams

The presentation will be a case overview of Operation Smokescreen (Western District of North Carolina), the first conviction at trial under the Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization statute (Hezbollah). It was also the first time evidence obtained by a foreign intelligence service (Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)) was introduced during a federal trial. Additional convictions were obtained on charges of RICO, money laundering, cigarette smuggling, immigration and marriage fraud, band and credit card fraud.