War on
terror/Big business against terror
French President François Hollande on Friday used the
World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to call for states and big business
to work together in the fight against terrorism, just two weeks after a series
of bloody attacks in Paris.
“The response needs to be global, international,
shared between those states that are on the front line [against terror],” he
told 2,000 assembled business leaders.
“But this effort must also include businesses,
especially the biggest ones, who have a duty to act,” he added, appealing to
the global financial system to cut all finance to terrorist groups.
Hollande, whose
speech received loud applause, urged internet companies to make sure
"illegal content" was taken off the web, saying governments could not
fight terrorism on their own.
Corporate leaders must fight against the trafficking
of people, drugs and goods, and combat tax havens to dry up financial sources
for terrorism, he added, while urging EU countries to agree on a European
database of air passengers.
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