Terrorism and its financing in the context of amending article 165a of the criminal code

Abstract

The subject of the study are issues related to the crime of financing terrorism, described in Article 165a of the Criminal Code. This provision in the last few years has been amended many times, what is not correct in principle, and additionally raises the concern about the quality of the law being created. In the discussed case these fears turn out to be fully justified. Issues related to the financial support of terrorism in this study have been presented in a broader context, taking into account their background, which is the problem of terrorism. In the light of the current legal situation, this creates the definition of "terrorist offenses" regulated in Article 115 § 20 of the Criminal Code. The manner of describing this crime, in the face of simultaneous lack of a separate type of prohibited act, which would define a terrorist attack, is reflected in the difficulties related to the interpretation of the Article 165a of the Criminal Code. Their presentation, as well as to put forward some relevant de lege ferenda postulates, is devoted to this study.