Adv. Paul Landes is the Head of The National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing

(NBCTF) of Israel, reporting directly to the Minister of Defense.

The NBCTF is responsible for coordinating and synchronizing the combat against

Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation, by Law Enforcement Agencies, Security

Agencies, Regulators and Government Ministries.

Adv. Paul Landes serves also as the Nominated Officer for Designations on behalf

of the Minister of Defense, with regard to Designations according to the new

Terror Combating Law and Regulations. 

Adv. Landes served at the Prime Minister's Office as a Senior Director, responsible

for Combating Terror Financing.

He was the Head of Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition

Authority (IMPA) – the Israeli Financial Intelligence Unit, and prior to that served as

the Legal Counsel of IMPA.

Mr. Landes is an international expert in the field and served as the Chair of the

Operational Work Group of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units,

and as an international evaluator of Moneyval (in the Council of Europe) for

appraising compliance of regimes of anti-money laundering and combating financing of terrorism.

Mr. Landes holds L.L.B and L.L.M degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in commercial law.