Parliament set up a 30-member special committee to find ways of tackling terrorism in Europe and improve cross-border cooperation. The EU is fighting on many fronts, one of which is in the financing of terror. MEPs are zeroing in on money laundering and organised crime to stem the flow of funds.

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Fighting terrorism: turning off the money tap

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And this year alone, terror attacks hit London and Barcelona. 

 There's a strong threat and in certain member states, like mine, France, 

It hangs over peoples' heads like an omnipresent monster. 

Despite this, Europe is one of the safest places in the world. 

Nevertheless, there's work to be done. ##@# 

The EU is tackling terrorism on many fronts: 

improving data exchange between police forces, 

strengthening cybersecurity and external borders, 

putting more money into anti-terrorism efforts, 

In France, for example, one study estimated that 

the terrorists spent 108,000 euros to carry out the 2015 Paris attacks. 

MEPs are zeroing in on money laundering and organised crime. 

Terrorism is obviously a specific type of crime, 

but it borrows the ways of organised crime. 

That means, those who do human trafficking, organ trafficking, 

Parliament set up a 30-member special committee to delve into 

and find an EU-wide response to a threat that knows no borders.