Links between terrorism and other forms of crime

The third source consists of the replies to a questionnaire that was sent in September 2003 to all Member States by the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: “The United Nations Questionnaire on the Nature of Links between Terrorism and other Forms of Crime” (thereafter referred to as the “UN Links Questionnaire”). [...] The questionnaire was sent to Member States pursuant to UN General Assembly resolution 58/136, adopted upon the recommendation of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and ECOSOC, on “the need to strengthen international cooperation and technical assistance in promoting the implementation of the universal conventions and protocols related to terrorism within the framework of the [...] The resolution invited Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information on the nature of links between terrorism and other forms of crime in order to increase synergies in the delivery of technical assistance by the Office on Drugs and Crime. [...] In recent years, there has been a major effort made to criminalize most of the organizational activities of these groups, including the recruitment of members, fund raising, concealment of their sources of funding, various forms of incitation to violence, and the planning and execution of terrorist acts. [...] On the other hand, Algeria reported that terrorist groups of various affiliations, with activities extending to other countries, engaged in various forms of organized crime such as the smuggling of goods, weapons, and ammunition, falsification of documents and illicit migration, for the purpose of acquiring funds, means of communication and weapons to enable them to continue their terrorist and su