Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Thursday, May 01, 2008 1:11:07 AM
"While pressure is exerted on “traditional” methods of financing terrorist activities (ie., those that were suddenly obvious after 9/11, such as the use of charites), little is done on fronts that can yield equal, and low risk profits."
Cigarettes and the Criminal-Terrorist Nexus
by Douglas Farah
The minority staff of the House Committee on Homeland Security has, as first reported by Fox News,
posted an interesting report on the ties between cigarette smuggling and terrorism. The report focuses primarily on smuggling in New York and the billions of dollars in lost revenues suffered from illicit cigarette sales. But in fact, the smuggling and sales of cigarettes have long been one of the primary life-blood sources of criminals and, increasingly, of terrorist activities. The criminal-terrorist nexus is not new, but it is of growing importance.
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