Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization [DFTO] Law and Legal Definition
Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (DFTO) is a non-U.S. based organization determined by the U.S. Department of State as terrorist. Membership to a DFTO incurs legal penalty. Likewise, assistance and funding the activities of DFTO within the U.S. or by U.S. citizens would also incur legal penalty. However, a person who provides material support or resources to a designated organization, in order to incur penalty must know that the organization is a designated terrorist organization, or that the organization has engaged or engages in terrorist activity, or that the organization has engaged or engages in terrorism. The U.S. Secretary of State declares a DFTO as terrorist in accordance with section 219 of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
Legal Definition list
- Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization [DFTO]
- Designated FOIA Officer
- Designated Database Provider
- Designated Conservationist [Agriculture]
- Designated Clearing Entity [Banks & Banking]
- Designated Nationality Examiner
- Designated Open Forum [Education]
- Designated Operational Area
- Designated Physician [Human Reliability Program]
- Designated Public Transportation
- Designated School Official
Related Legal Terms
- 527 Organizations
- Adoption Record [Foreign Relations]
- Adoption Service [Foreign Relations]
- Affect Interstate And Foreign Commerce
- Agency or Instrumentality of a Foreign State
- Agent of a Foreign Power
- Agent of a Foreign Principal
- Agroterrorist Act
- Alaska Native Organization [Education]
- Amateur Sports Organization
