Country Reports on Terrorism 2012

United States admissible, which was upheld by the Supreme Court in April. After an
independent investigation into Khan’s mental health delayed the process, the Justice
Minister decided December 20 to approve the extradition. Khan has appealed the
decision to the European Court of Human Rights.
In 2011, an Iraqi national was released while awaiting trial by the Rotterdam district
court, pending the investigation. He was suspected by the General Intelligence Service of
intending to travel to Syria to join al-Qa'ida. While awaiting continuation of his trial, the
man traveled abroad. His whereabouts were unknown at year’s end.
Countering Terrorist Finance: The Netherlands has been a member of the Financial Action
Task Force (FATF) since 1990, and is one of the cooperating and supporting nations of the
Caribbean Financial Action Task Force. The European Commission sets many rules for
countering terrorist finance in directives that EU member states (including the Netherlands)
implement themselves. Dutch officials cooperated with the United States in designating terrorist
organizations and interdicting and freezing their assets.
The Cabinet has submitted to the Council of State, the government’s highest advisory body, a
proposal to amend current legislation on economic crimes, including changing sentences for
terrorist financing. This legislation is in line with FATF recommendations and EU
directives. The Netherlands is working to resolve legal issues that affect it when challenged at
court, and is enhancing its due process rules.
For further information on money laundering and financial crimes, we refer you to the 2013
International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), Volume 2, Money Laundering and
Financial Crimes: http://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/index.htm.
Regional and International Cooperation: The Netherlands is a founding member of the Global
Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) and contributed to the creation of Hedayah, the International
Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism. The Dutch are also planning to
contribute to the curriculum development of the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of
Law, to be established in Tunisia. The Netherlands contributed to the counterterrorism work of
the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
The Netherlands continued to chair the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism's Nuclear
Detection Working Group. In November, the Netherlands hosted a table top exercise to improve
cooperation in preventing a nuclear or radiological terrorist event. This exercise was in
preparation of the March 2014 Nuclear Security Summit to be held in The Hague. In 2011, the
International Centre for Counterterrorism – an independent body established in The Hague in
2010 – and the Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute organized an international
conference on prison radicalization, rehabilitation, and reintegration of violent extremist
offenders, which contributed to the adoption in 2012 of a document on rehabilitation and
reintegration at the Global Counterterrorism Forum ministerial meeting in Istanbul. The Dutch
also cooperate on EU and OSCE counterterrorism efforts.
The Netherlands was a strong voice on Lebanese Hizballah; the Dutch Foreign Minister publicly
highlighted the dangers the group posed and called on the EU to designate it as a terrorist
organization.
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