posted by Christopher W. Holton The Jerusalem Post published a report yesterday detailing how Jihadist organizations finance their operations through a variety of smuggling and criminal enterprises. Jihadist groups are said to be able to raise $300 million from such activities in Pakistan and Afghanistan in particular. Worse yet, the US consumer is indirectly funding […]
Looted Libyan Artifacts Recovered in Spain, Two Arrested
posted by Christopher Holton Ancient objects looted from areas controlled by the Islamic State group in Libya have been recovered by police in Spain. Two experts in ancient art – both aged 31 – have been arrested in Barcelona. They are suspected of being part of an international ring that bought the artefacts from groups […]
The Money Jihad blog has a useful post, complete with video, on the Islamic State’s use of stolen antiquities to fund its operations… https://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2015/10/15/raid-lifted-veil-on-isiss-smuggling-records/
The Kenyan government recently announced that 30 of 86 Al Shabaab financiers and/or supporters whose bank accounts were frozen by the Kenyan government are sugar smuggler barons. According to the government, the smuggling of sugar from Somalia into Kenya finances terrorism: “Most of the smuggled sugar enters the country from areas controlled by al Shabaab in Somalia. […]
A museum can be worth as much as an oil field, provided there is someone willing to buy looted and smuggled art. The world of antiquities looting has crossed into the realm of terrorism—the ancient pot you buy on eBay, or at a prestigious auction house, might be funding jihadists. The union of art and […]
Though authorities indicate that there is no evidence that this money was terror-related, there surely seems to be a great deal to be concerned about here. A Yemeni flying to Qatar, which is without a doubt one of the world’s major conduits for funding of Jihadist terrorism, with cash hidden in soap boxes and the […]
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