posted by Christopher W. Holton In a rare case of true candor, the Canadian intelligence community has named several countries that it is “concerned” about with regard to terror finance. The 2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada. Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, Qatar, United Arab Emirates as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan were all named in the report. Conspicuous […]
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
Financial Trail Indicates Islamic State Presence Spreading to Indonesia
Some of the Indonesian men arrested at the weekend after tip-offs that they were planning a string of militant attacks had received funding from Syria, hardening evidence of their links to Islamic State, police said on Monday. “They received transfers of funds … they have a connection with Syria,” national police spokesman Anton Charliyan told […]
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 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 […]
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