A new report from the Australian intelligence agency AUSTRAC has revealed stored-value cards, or gift cards, are being used to fund terrorism in Australia and overseas.
The agency reports the cards have been used to fund criminal activities.
They are easy to purchase, easy to use and completely anonymous, and, now, authorities say, stored-value cards have been used to bankroll terrorism.
The federal intelligence agency AUSTRAC has detailed hundreds of incidents involving millions of dollars filtered through the cards.
It says the gift cards have been used for terrorism-related activities, cybercrime and money laundering.
Federal justice minister Michael Keenan says suspects linked with terrorism have used the cards both in Australia and overseas.
