2.5 MATERIAL SUPPORT AND FTFS
Greater efforts should be taken to prevent the flow of foreign terrorist fighters travelling to the
conflict zones to join terrorist groups. Some jurisdictions have placed travel bans on their nationals
who have supported, or are associated with, ISIL, and some jurisdictions have indicated they would
strip the nationality of those citizens. As noted in section II.4 of the report more work is needed to
develop red-flags to better identify the funding mechanisms FTFs utilize which should involve
greater domestic cooperation among AML/CFT bodies and other authorities. Cooperative efforts
could include identifying and freezing of FTF’s bank accounts, annulment of their debit/credit cards
and criminalizing fund transfers for their use, particularly after their departure from their countries.