Boko Haram resorts to cattle poaching to raise funds
posted by Christopher W. Holton The savage jihadist group Boko Haram has added another method of funding jihad: cattle rustling… http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/boko-haram-now-sells-stolen-cattle-to-fund-terror/
From time to time we have posted articles on SFW detailing activities by Jihadist groups in Africa to raise money through the ivory trade… https://shariahfinancewatch.org/?s=poaching&submit.x=6&submit.y=7 Now we have new details on those activities, by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and other Jihadists in Mali and Jihadi groups in India as well… Poaching is also […]
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The U.S. government is stepping up its crackdown on the illegal trafficking of wild animal products across the nation’s borders, saying some may be linked to terrorists. “Poaching in Africa is funding terrorist groups,” U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said last week. Terrorists are believed to be using profits from items such as rhinoceros horns […]
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that ivory poaching in Africa funds terrorism in one of the world’s tumultuous regions and could push the elephant species to extinction. “There is growing evidence that the terrorist groups stalking Africa, including Al-Shabaab with its horrific attack on the mall in Nairobi, fund their terrorist activities to […]
A report released by the United Nations (UN) has revealed that environmental crimes such as poaching, exotic animal and plant trade and illegal logging make hundreds of billions of dollars each year. They speculate that the majority of this revenue goes straight into the pockets of terrorists and infamous militia groups around the world. http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/7743/20140624/environmental-crimes-fund-more-terrorism-youd-think.htm […]
February 11, 2008 Dubai-speak-Washinton Bureau at McClatchy Newspapers In a place as diverse and cosmopolitan as Dubai — home to about 180 nationalities — English is the lingua franca. But it’s not the English you hear on newscasts; this city-state has developed its own Persian Gulf patois that reflects the polyglot communities residing here. Dubai-speak […]
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