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DIFFERENT ANGLE by Kenneth Rijock
Financial Crime Consultant, for World-Check
Holy Land Foundation terrorist financing case ends in mistrial
23 October 2007

The judge in the terrorist financing case against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development and five of its principals has declared a mistrial after members of the jury failed to reach an agreement as to their guilt or innocence. The important 197-count criminal case, pending in US District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas, has been closely followed, for the government's theory in portraying the defendants as money launderers and terrorist financiers for Hamas appears to be based upon the defendants' contribution to charitable causes. Did the jury fail to buy it?

The defendants are charged with:

  • Money Laundering
  • Providing material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organisation
  • Conspiracy to deal in property of a suspected designated terrorist organisation
  • Aiding and Abetting
  • Criminal Forfeiture

Legal experts have questioned the government's ability to obtain convictions in this case. Representatives of the US Attorney's office have stated that the case will be retried.
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Research Note: US vs. Holy land Foundation for Relief and Develoipment et al, Case No.: 04-cr-00240

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