Bahrain has efficiently worked to combat the financing of terrorism and boosted its border patrol capabilities, contributed manpower to international anti-terror operations, said a report.

Bahrain also conducted successful court trials under its anti-terror act, added an annual report issued by the anti-terror liaison office in the US State Department.

It confirmed that Bahrain worked successfully to combat financing of terrorism and hosted the general-secretariat of the Finance Task Force. Bahrain also liaised with its banks regarding cases of money laundering and financing of terror.

The report said Bahrain, since it ratified the international anti-nuclear terrorism initiative in March 2008, has expanded its aviation and marine patrol, increased the number of checkpoints, conducted more drills for internal co-ordination and stationed more border patrol officers capable of identifying nuclear proliferation-related substances such as centrifuges and commercially-banned components.

The report praised the Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Ministry for exerting persistent efforts to combat radicalism and extremism.

The ministry organised forums and workshops for imams and also expanded its scholarships programme and finalised its annual revising of religious education curricula for its schools to update the interpretation of Islamic texts, the report added. – TradeArabia News Service