Financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction refers to the act of providing funds or financial services which are used, in whole or in part, for the manufacture, acquisition, possession, development, export, trans-shipment, brokering, transport, transfer, stockpiling or use of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and their means of delivery and related materials, including both technologies and dual use goods used for non-legitimate purposes, in contravention of any written law or, where applicable, an international obligation.The international community, under the auspices of the UN, has resolved that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, as well as their means of delivery as constituting a threat to international peace and security. In that regard, Section 46 of the Financial Crimes Act criminalises the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.