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The explosive substance used in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack was purchased from the e-commerce website Amazon. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an organization that monitors terrorist funding worldwide, has revealed this in its report.
FATF has also mentioned the Gorakhnath temple attack in Gorakhpur, UP in 2022 in this report. While presenting both these cases as an example, the organization has warned that e-commerce and digital payment services can become a medium to promote terror if they go in the wrong hands.
The report states how online platforms are being used for terrorism. The report said that terrorist organizations are now using traditional funding methods as well as digital mediums such as online payment, gaming platforms, social media and e-commerce sites.
FATF has warned governments and digital companies around the world to take concrete measures to prevent misuse of these platforms, as they are now becoming a new and influential means for terrorist organizations.
7 important things of FATF report…
- FATF has assessed more than 80 countries so far
- The report was prepared in collaboration with the United Nations Anti-Terrorism Unit (UN CTED) and France.
- Investigation of funding related funding, 69% country failed to prove a crime
- The misuse of financial systems weakens international peace.
- Advice to all member countries to use global networks
- Advice to develop a tool to identify suspected patterns (eg travel, payment, social media).
- Advice to share data between government and private sector
Difficulties in understanding the funding of terrorism
This report of FATF is named ‘Comprehensive Update on Terrorist Financing Risk’. This 131 -page report states how the methods of funding terrorism are changing.
The report said that many countries still have large shortcomings in the ability to understand and stop terrorism funding, and if they are not corrected on time, terrorist organizations will continue to take advantage of the existing weaknesses.
It states how terrorist organizations use the international financial system to continue and attack their activities.
This report also shows that the strategies of terrorism funding (TF) are not the same, but in different places, different methods are adopted according to different circumstances.
40 soldiers were killed in Pulwama attack
This picture is from the security forces present on the spot some time after the Pulwama attack. The terrorists carried out this painful accident while riding on the car seen in the picture.
On 14 February 2019, a CRPF convoy was passing through the Srinagar-Jammu highway. The truck reached Pulwama, when a suicide attachment entered the 200 kg explosive Maruti Eco car.
The explosion was so fast that the 2 buses carrying the security forces flew away. 40 soldiers were martyred in this. Investigation by the Government of India revealed that the attack was carried out by Pakistan-based terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM).
Investigations revealed that the explosives used in the attack were brought from across the border in India. The most shocking thing was that the aluminum powder used in the bomb used in the attack, which was used to make the blast more deadly, was purchased online from Amazon.
Foreign connection of Gorakhnath temple attacker also
This photo is from 4 April 2022. Security personnel arrested Murtaza Abbasi, who attacked a policeman in Gorakhnath Mandil.
The second example in FATF report was given on the Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur, UP on 4 April 2022. In this, a man attacked the security personnel present there with a sharp bride. The soldier was seriously injured in this.
In this incident, the police found a religious book, sharp weapons, jihadi videos from Murtaza Abbasi, etc. from Murtaza Abbasi.
FATF investigated the case that the attacker had transferred about 6.7 lakh rupees through PayPal abroad. Also, he hid his IP address using VPN and kept his transaction secret.
In view of the suspicious activities of these transactions, PayPal closed his account, which prevented the use of illegal money further.
Online shopping can also be used for money laundering FATF report says that online shopping can also be used for money laundering. That is, it can be used as a kind of business plan to hide the real identity of money.
In this, a person buys goods and sends them to one of his companions, who further sells those items in another country. This money is then used for terrorism.
FATF reported that terrorist organizations have also been able to help the governments of many countries directly or indirectly, such as money aid, weapons, training or other resources. The report clearly states that even today some countries continue to help.
Terrorists working in small cells
The report also said that terrorists are working in different areas, which are carrying out the terrorist schemes by raising money themselves. People involved in these cells sometimes collect money through small crimes, legitimate earnings or micro transactions (such as gaming apps).
FATF also stated that it is difficult to identify terrorist attacks due to racial, religious or political reasons because the money used in them is very low and it is also difficult to catch it.
Report in the last 10 years case study FATF reports provide case studies for the last 10 years, which helps to understand how terrorists get funding and how they collect money or resources, hide, hide and use it.
The report states that terrorist organizations and their allies are still raising money in many ways, such as cash, hawala, online payment, social media and crowd funding, cryptocurrency, shell companies, trusts etc.
Through these methods, terrorists are running their network and raising money and resources to attack. FATF has asked all countries to understand these dangers, strengthen your laws and security systems and work together so that terrorism can stop getting funding.
FATF condemned the Pahalgam attack
In June 2025, FATF condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir and appealed to all countries to stop funding of terror. Subsequently, India gave a formal request to put FATF again in the ‘gray list’ to Pakistan. India alleges that terrorist activities are going on from across the border due to funding from Pakistan.
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