Money Laundering and Expansion of Organized Terrorism in Middle East(2001- 2016)

Today, many observers, due to expansion of terrorism, especially organized terrorism, try to study origins and methods of expansion of it for containing this problem. Middle East now is a fireplace for growth of terrorism in the world. This research, studies effects of Money Laundering on expansion of organized terrorism in Middle East. The main question of article is “how Money Laundering has helped expansion of organized terrorism (Al-Qaeda and Daesh) in Middle East in 2001-2016.The answer of the article as its hypothesis is that “Money Laundering has helped growth of organized terrorism in Middle East in 2001-2016, through making a secure network for main part of financing and trade of terrorist groups with other people. The article shows varieties and broadness of money laundering technics which is used by organized terrorists in trade and money transfer .This fact stress on mounting challenges that we face now in containing sources of financing organized terrorism in Middle East. The article uses analytical-descriptive method in analyzing data.