Without the things that only states can provide - sanctuary, intelligence, logistics, training, communications, money - even the bin Laden network and others like it could manage only the occasional car bomb.
From there, a banker with no apparent connection to bin Laden might deposit the money in an offshore account or with an intermediary that specializes in "tax optimization, " explains Pieth.
It says its members' alternative suggestions for saving money include scrapping the internal market in the NHS and bringing outsourced services such as bin collection and street cleaning back under public control.