Counter-terrorism

Counter-terrorism is the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, militaries, police departments and corporations adopt in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed.

The Counter-Terrorism Committee was established by the United Nations Security Council on 28 September 2001, in the wake of the 11 September terrorist attacks in the United States.

The Committee, comprising all 15 Council members, requested countries to implement a number of measures intended to enhance their legal and institutional ability to counter terrorist activities at home, in their regions and around the world.

Those measures include taking steps to:

• Criminalize the financing of terrorism
• Freeze without delay any funds related to persons involved in acts of terrorism
• Deny all forms of financial support for terrorist groups
• Suppress the provision of safe haven, sustenance or support for terrorists
• Share information with other governments on any groups practicing or planning terrorist acts
• Cooperate with other governments in the investigation, detection, arrest, extradition and prosecution of those involved in such acts; and
• Criminalize active and passive assistance for terrorism in domestic law and bring violators to justice.

Counter-terrorism usually generates a huge amount of information for investigators and analysts to assess. Terrorists' criminal activities to fund their efforts can include fraud, organized shoplifting rings, money laundering, drug trafficking, forgery, kidnapping, and murder.

To defeat terrorism, information captured must be easily disseminated and understood, and connections between seemingly disparate pieces of information must be quickly made.

Investigator provides the capability to store massive amounts of data, in many forms, and the power to help an investigation team solve complex crimes more quickly.