Resumen
Estimates of money laundering and terrorist financing are based on the analysis of historical price data. This analysis could be conducted in real time to determine which transactions should be audited and which cargo shipments should be inspected. The US now requires that manifest information be sent to the US Customs Agency 24 hours in advance of shipment from a foreign port. This requirement will help facilitate real-time audits and inspections of abnormally priced imports and exports. The efficient evaluation of data will be crucial to winning the war on terrorism. Intelligence is an inexact science, but the utilization of information technology and data mining techniques applied to financial transactions can contribute to increasing the quality of intelligence information.