Captured Documents Detail Islamic State’s Revenue Streams
Documents captured by U.S. Special Operations Forces in a May raid in Syria reveal how the Islamic State has established departments to handle “war spoils,” including slaves, and the exploitation of natural resources, especially oil. The documents detail how a formerly small Jihadist insurgent organization has set up a sophisticated bureaucracy to handle revenue streams – from stolen oil to looted antiquities. http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-seized-documents-reveal-islamic-states-department-war-061002683.html
By Christopher W. Holton The Islamic State is back at their “fundraising” efforts, which always seem to involve some form of monstrously illegal activity. Whether it’s black market oil sold through our “allies” in Turkey or black market antiquities sold to unscrupulous art dealers in the West…or simple ransom…the Islamic State has a great need […]
Fifteen years seems an incredible light sentence for a Jihadist who was involved with savage terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda, which is actively at war with the USA, and Al Shabaab, which has carried out numerous deadly, vicious attacks on civilian targets in east Africa. Nevertheless, the sentence was the maximum allowable under the […]
Our friends at the outstanding Money Jihad blog are back from their annual summer vacation with two extremely interesting posts this week. Check them out: The first is a post about Judge Andrew Napolitano’s column implicating then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the apparent scheme to funnel Libyan arms to “rebels” (i.e. Jihadis) in Syria… […]
The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs permanently closed down the Fahd al-Ahmed charity on Sunday due to “repeated violations despite the warnings”. Quoting a source at the ministry, al-Rai said that the ministry had repeatedly asked the charity to comply with regulations stipulating that funds for Syrians be collected through official channels. Officials from the charity […]
Scotland Yard says officers were investigating ‘large-scale fraud’ linked to UK Jihadists travelling to Syria. British Counter-terrorism police investigating fraud linked to extremists travelling to Syria have arrested six men and a woman. The six male suspects have been arrested for conspiracy to commit fraud and money-laundering, while the woman was held on suspicion of money-laundering […]
New Indictments in St. Louis on Terrorism Financing Charges
Ramo Pazara, a Muslim living in St. Louis, Missouri, traveled to Syria in 2013 to fight for the Islamic State jihadist organization. He was killed somewhere in the Middle East while waging Jihad. According to a recent indictment, Pazara received material support–including funding–from a half dozen other Muslims. The indictments allege that they knowingly provided funds […]
From the Washington Free Beacon… The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation accepted millions of dollars from a former deputy prime minister of Lebanon known for defending Hezbollah… Issam Fares, a Lebanese billionaire, …has given between $1 and $5 million in donations to the Clintons’ foundation with donations coming as recently as last year… Fares was […]
Three Men, One Woman Arrested in Sweden for Funding Islamic State
Swedish police have detained four suspects on suspicion of having used six companies to fund the Islamic State in Syria. Police sources told the Dagens Nyheter daily that a “large raid” took place in Stockholm as part of a probe into money laundering and undeclared work. Swedish authorities estimate that up to 10 million Swedish kronor ($1.19 million, […]
Six natives of Chechnya, detained in Paris on charges of involvement in recruiting Muslims for the Jihad in Syria, have been arrested in France. They were charged with involvement with terrorist groups and financing terrorism. Investigators believe that the defendants helped to send Jihadi recruits to Syria to fight, as well as fundraising and logistic support. http://eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/30812/
Six Bosnian natives who immigrated to the U.S. sent money and military equipment to support Al Qaeda in Iraq and the Islamic State terror group, the Justice Department reported Friday night. The suspects sent multiple payments using PayPal, as well as U.S. military uniforms, combat boots, tactical clothing and gear, military surplus goods, firearms accessories, rifle […]
Pakistani Islamic State Leader: Funding Comes from Inside the USA
There is no way to verify this claim, but it would certainly not be unprecedented for funding for Jihadist terrorist organizations to be coming from members of the Islamic community in the USA… The Islamic State commander in Pakistan allegedly confessed to having received funds routed through the United States to operate the jihadist organization […]
Gufran Ahmed Kauser Mohammed, 31, a naturalized U.S. citizen who once lived in California has been sentenced in Miami federal court to the maximum 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to providing thousands of dollars in support to U.S.-designated terrorist organizations. Fifteen years seems incredibly light for someone who funds Jihad. The US desperately needs […]
More than two dozen jihadists have collected unemployment benefits while fighting in Syria alongside terror organization Isis, the domestic intelligence agency PET revealed. Denmark paid unemployment benefits to 28 people while they were waging war for the Isis terrorist group in Syria, the Danish intelligence service was quoted as saying on Thursday. http://www.thelocal.dk/20141127/danish-syria-fighters-on-benefits-while-fighting-for-isis […]
Western Sales of Antiquities Fund Islamic State Jihad
“Many antique collectors unwillingly support terrorists like Islamic State, ” Michel van Rijn, one of the most successful smugglers of antique artifacts in the past century, told German broadcaster Das Erste this month. And smuggling is booming in Iraq and Syria right now. In Iraq, 4,500 archaeological sites, some of them UNESCO World Heritage sites, are reportedly […]
Australian Money Transfer Firm Shut Down Amid Suspicions of Terror Financing
An Australian money transfer business owned by the sister and brother-in-law of a convicted Sydney terrorist named Khaled Sharrouf has been shut down amid concerns it was sending millions of dollars to the Middle East to finance terrorism. Damour Sharrouf and her husband Ahmed Alwash have had their Lakemba firm Bisotel Rieh Pty Ltd suspended after the […]
Report: Islamic State “Banker” Was Director of Islamic School in UK
One of the Islamic State terror group’s key financiers was director of an Islamic madrassa in Birmingham, England. Prominent Islamic cleric Dr Nabil al-Awadi, a naturalized Kuwaiti, was a part-time resident in the UK until last year, living in Brixton, south London. Now he is president of the Kuwait Scholars’ Union, which has reportedly channelled tens of millions […]
Money Jihad blog has just published an exclusive article uncovering a relationship between Islamic Relief Deutschland and a charity in Syria that has funded the Jihadist terror group HAMAS… http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/exclusive-islamic-relief-deutschland-partners-with-hamas-funding-charity-in-syria/
…if it seems like a slap on the wrist, that’s because it is… A Saudi national has been sentenced to three years in prison on charges of inciting dissidence, terror-financing and money-laundering, in addition to fighting alongside militants in Iraq. Jeddah’s appeals court endorsed the verdict on Thursday. The man has been banned from leaving […]
US Treasury Sanctions Three Kuwaitis for Funding Al Nusrah Front, ISIS
The U.S. Treasury Department said this week that it has imposed sanctions on three financiers of terrorism. The three Kuwait-based financiers are suspected of funding Jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq, underscoring the growing concern about Kuwaitis’ links to Al Qaeda and other Jihadist terror groups. The Treasury Department’s counterterrorism arm has grown increasingly vocal in recent months about Kuwaitis’ […]
Numerous Islamic charities have been involved in nefarious activities over the years. The latest example comes from the UK, where the Luton Islamic Centre’s charity which is supposed to aid refugees in Syria is now hosting Ibtihal Bsis of Hizb ut-Tahrir as a guest speaker at a fundraiser. Long-time readers of SFW may recall a few […]
Belfast Telegraph: How the USA and UK Fund ISIS
Millions from governments and NGOs funding Islamic terror group… Western governments are sending millions of dollars of aid to areas held by the Islamic group ISIS in northern Syria. The aid, which is paid for by the UK, European and US governments, consists of food, medicine and hygiene kits. It is brought into the country through the […]
The 27-year-old was arrested at Heathrow airport in January, as she was about to travel to Turkey. At the time, it was widely reported that Ms Msaad was trying to smuggle 20,000 euros to Syria in her underwear… http://www.channel4.com/news/syria-knickers-euros-funding-terrorism-smuggling
North Carolina Jihadis Planned to Use Charity as Cover
Two North Carolina men were arrested on terrorism charges this week with plans to travel to Yemen and Syria to join the Jihad. Of particular interest is the cover story they concocted in case they were caught. It’s hard to believe that these two thought this cover story up on their own… The pair planned […]
A $4 million ransom was reportedly paid to the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al Nusra Front for the release of 13 Greek Orthodox nuns that were held hostage by the Jihadist group for four months. They hostages were released in a deal between the Syrian Assad regime and Jihadists of the Al Nusra Front, brokered by Qatar, a […]
Police have made eight arrests as part of an investigation into whether funds donated to help people in Syria is being stolen and used to finance terrorism. The money, which came from four UK-based charities, was taken by police who believed it could be used for criminal or terrorist activities instead of paying for food […]
Police investigating four British charities that send “aid” to Syria arrested eight men this morning on suspicion that donations were being used to fund the opposition against President Bashar al-Assad. The raids on homes and business addresses follow an investigation into the seizure of £44,000 cash from an aid convoy preparing to leave Dover in […]
The Free Syria Army is collapsing due to lack of funds and its fighters are defecting to Jabhat al-Nusra, an Al Qaeda affiliate waging Jihad against the Assad regime. Jabhat al-Nusra’s funding is said to chiefly come from Saudi Arabia and the UAE. If the Sauds and Emiratis are funding Al Qaeda in Syria, why […]
Money Jihad Blog: Saudi-American financed jihad in Somalia and Syria
Another important post from the Money Jihad blog…this time uncovering a story we all missed from back in August… Gufran Ahmed Kauser Mohammed, a naturalized U.S. citizen living in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, has been arrested and extradited to Florida where he awaits trial along with a Kenyan for supporting terrorism. Mohammed wired money to the […]
This post is especially relevant given the announcement that the US will be providing aid to the so-called “rebels” in Syria, many of whom are Jihadists, some affiliated with Al Qaeda and some veterans of the insurgency in Iraq where they fought against US GIs. It seems that the Jihadist Syrian rebels have been getting […]
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