I checked your links and the word "terrorism" isn't mentioned once. There a single mention of some Al Qaeda members having accounts but it's pretty far from "proof of financing terrorism".
The very same link sheds some light on that question too:
"Time magazine reported that throughout 1981 and 1982, the Israelis reportedly set up Swiss bank accounts to handle the financial end of the annual multi-million dollars arms deals between Iran and Israel during the Iran–Iraq War."
The vast majority of arms dealing is state-controlled, all terrorist groups combined aren't big enough to make a dent.
And in any case, the original claim was "money laundering for terrorism" not the other way round.
I checked your links and the word "terrorism" isn't mentioned once. There a single mention of some Al Qaeda members having accounts but it's pretty far from "proof of financing terrorism".
Good point, my bad, I got the impression that they serve "all kinds of crooks", so naturally thought of terror groups as well.
I mean, they talk about arms dealers. Who exactly do you think is buying arms on the black market?
The very same link sheds some light on that question too:
"Time magazine reported that throughout 1981 and 1982, the Israelis reportedly set up Swiss bank accounts to handle the financial end of the annual multi-million dollars arms deals between Iran and Israel during the Iran–Iraq War."
The vast majority of arms dealing is state-controlled, all terrorist groups combined aren't big enough to make a dent.
And in any case, the original claim was "money laundering for terrorism" not the other way round.
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