Terrorist Trial Report Card Terror Financing Through Charities

A PUBLICATION OF THE CENTER ON LAW AND SECURITY AT THE NYU SCHOOL OF LAW / APRIL 2008THE CENTER ONLAW AND SECURITYTerrorist Trial Report Card: Terror Financing Through CharitiesThis report covers actions the United States has taken against U.S. charities alleged to be associated withterrorist funding, as well as individuals associated with those charities, from 9/11/2001-3/31/2008.TOTAL CASES No. of persons No. of charities % of total• Total Cases Where Action Was Taken: 76 18 1• Actually Charged With a Terrorism Statute: 2 24 2 28%• Charged Only With Other Crimes: 25 3 30%• Other Actions Taken, No Charges: 27 8 37%TERRORISM TRIALS 3 (26)Resolved Terrorism Trials 17Results of Resolved Trials No. of persons No. of charities Proportionof Cases• Convicted on Terrorism Charges: 4 2 0 12%• Acquitted on Terrorism Charges: 5 7 0 41%• Dismissed or Mistrial: 6 2 47%Pending Terrorism Trials 8 1(Excluding Pending Cases)TRIALS ON OTHER CRIMES (28)Resolved Trials on Other Crimes 19Results of Resolved Trials No. of persons No. of charities Proportionof Cases(Excluding Pending Cases)• Charged and Convicted Only on Other Charges: 15 0 79%• Charged Only on Other Crimes and Fully Acquitted: 0 0 0%• Dismissed or Mistrial: 1 3 21%Pending Trials on Other Crimes: 9 01Five charities are included on the list without criminal or administrative action having been taken against them. This is because prosecutionsagainst their directors or investigations were so pervasive that they were either forced to shut down or faded out of existence.2“Terrorism” as used herein includes the four primary terrorism statutes: 18 U.S.C. 2332 (Terrorism), 18 U.S.C. 2339A (Material Support toTerrorists), 18 U.S.C. 2339B (Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization), and 50 U.S.C. 1705 (Financial Support to a ForeignTerrorist Organization).3Trials are counted per defendant. A trial with three co-defendants, for example, counts as three trials. If the same person is tried in twoseparate proceedings under two separate indictments, the trials are counted separately.4Defendants convicted on terror charges may also have been convicted on other charges.5Three people were acquitted of all federal terrorism charges but convicted of other crimes. One defendant was acquitted on terrorismcharges but received a mistrial on another charge.110 WEST THIRD STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10012 / WWW.LAWANDSECURITY.ORG

ACTIONS TAKEN WITHOUT CRIMINAL CHARGES 6Individuals Deported (includes 9 family membersand 1 individual who has appealed): 13Civil Complaint to Revoke Citizenship: 1Barred from Returning to U.S.: 1Detained as Material Witnesses: 4Passport Taken: 1Homes Raided: 4Businesses Raided: 1Individuals Listed as Terrorists by Treasury: 1Charities Listed as Terrorist Organizations byTreasury: 3Charities Raided (without other actions taken): 3Charities’ Assets Frozen: 36If these actions were taken and criminal charges were also pursued, those individuals and charities are included in the categories of trialsrather than on this list.RESULTS OF ALL PROSECUTIONS (54) RESULTS OF TERRORISM PROSECUTIONS (26)Acquitted (5.5%)Dismissed (7.4%)Hung Jury/Mistrial(14.8%)34Acquitted (26.9%)Dismissed (3.8%)Hung Jury/Mistrial (26.9%)27Pending (33.3%)Convicted (38.8%)8Pending (34.6%)Convicted (7.7%)2191187TIMELINE OF INDICTMENTS181614121086420Feb. 2002Apr. 2002June. 2002Aug. 2002Oct. 2002Dec. 2002Feb. 2003Apr. 2003June. 2003Aug. 2003Oct. 2003Dec. 2003Feb. 2004Apr. 2004June. 2004Aug. 2004Oct. 2004Dec. 2004Feb. 2005Apr. 2005June. 2005Aug. 2005Oct. 2005Dec. 2005Feb. 2006Apr. 2006June. 2006Aug. 2006Oct. 2006Dec. 2006Feb. 2007Apr. 2007June. 2007Aug. 2007Oct. 2007Dec. 2007Feb. 2008110 WEST THIRD STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10012 / WWW.LAWANDSECURITY.ORG