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jreyesc

This Is How ISIS Smuggles Oil - 0 views

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money Oil Smugglers ISIS ISIL Syria

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  • Turkish-Syrian border
  • The militants can make more than $1 million a day selling oil from fields captured in eastern Syria.
  • In recent months, the government has vowed to crack down on illicit oil, and police have targeted smuggling routes, seizing oil drums and digging up pipelines.
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  • helped make ISIS the world’s richest extremists.
  • Rebel groups targeted oil resources from the regime in battles often overshadowed by higher-profile fronts in the war — namely in the provinces of Raqqa and Deir Ezzor, where there were refineries and oil fields.
  • Strapped for cash, the rebels smuggled some of the oil to buyers in Turkey, whose government was one of the Syrian opposition’s main backers, having already opened its borders to activists, fighters, and refugees.
  • Omar would receive a call from a commander in the Free Syrian Army (FSA), the U.S.-backed rebel coalition, telling him to head to the Syrian side of the border.
  • If he took in $1,500 in a night, he would give $500 to the FSA commander and another $500 to the Turkish border guards. “You can’t really say that we are smuggling oil, because we take permission from the Turkish side and the Syrian side,” Omar said. “But since it’s under the table, we call it smuggling.”
  • it controlled Raqqa, and soon after it was battling for control of the rebel-held parts of Deir Ezzor.
  • As ISIS gained new oil fields, Omar kept smuggling. He may have worked along an FSA-run border, but he knew he was buying the oil from middlemen who had taken it from ISIS’s hands.
  • For ISIS, the profits were startup funds as it built up its self-styled caliphate, buying weapons and paying salaries.
  • U.S. airstrikes now targeting its oil infrastructure, ISIS can make over $1 million a day from the trade
  • ISIS controls 60% of the oil-producing resources in eastern Syria, he said, plus a handful of marginal oil fields in Iraq.
  • The group sells most of it within its own territory in Iraq and in Syria — which covers more than 12,000 miles, a size comparable to Belgium, and includes some 8 million people, a population approaching Switzerland’s. Desperate residents need the fuel to run their cars, generators, and bakeries.
  • It was the worst example of a wartime pillage that has stripped Syria of everything of value, from scrap metal to precious artifacts. “I just want to show the world what they are doing to my country,” he said.
  • jreyesc on 13 Nov 14
     
    ISIS has become very rich extremist group because of the oil smuggling business they are involved in.
jreyesc

How ISIS makes its millions - CNN.com - 2 views

www.cnn.com/...isis-funding

oil smuggling ISIS ISIL turkey

shared by jreyesc on 19 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Oil-smuggling operations involving millions of barrels have recently been uncovered.
  • oil comes from wells and refineries that ISIS has taken over inside northern Iraq and northern Syria
  • until very recently it was easy to smuggle it into this quiet part of southern Turkey.
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  • Turkey, just a half hour's drive away, gasoline costs roughly $7.50 per gallon
  • believes ISIS takes in millions of dollars a month.
  • how much the group spends -- is huge, including salaries, weapons and other expenses.
  • Besides revenue from oil smuggling, the group receives money through donations from wealthy sympathizers in countries including Qatar and Kuwait.
  • jreyesc on 19 Nov 14
     
    This article goes into specific into the way the Islamic State makes their money like oil smuggling. They talk about how IS is taking control of oil wells and refiners.
jreyesc

ISIS plotting Trojan Horse campaign by smuggling militants into western Europ... - 0 views

www.dailymail.co.uk/...Europe-disguised-refugees.html

ISIS ISIL turkey Syria Europe Militants

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  • ISIS is plotting to smuggle militants into Western Europe disguised as refugees so that they can launch devastating terror attacks
  • Relaxed border controls would allow IS militants to blend in with the thousands of genuine refugees spilling over the border in search of safety
  • ISIS was moving away from plans to conduct aircraft hijackings for fear of tight security - and that they were looking to land a new strategy.
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  • Because hundreds of refugees cross the Syrian-Turkish border every day, the jihadists have a good chance of remaining unnoticed in the crowds.
  • Kobane is a town of key strategic importance to both ISIS and the Kurdish resistance due to its close proximity to the largely porous Turkish border. 
  • jreyesc on 16 Nov 14
     
    Members of the Islamic State are being smuggled into Western Europe to plan attacks there. This is a very being problem because of what could happen if they enters these countries. According to the US intelligence sources, this is going to be very hard to control since they mix in with the refugees as well as they carry fake European passaports.
jreyesc

Who's Funding ISIS? Wealthy Gulf 'Angel Investors,' Officials Say - NBC News.com - 0 views

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ISIS ISIL Funded Kuwait Qatar

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  • These rich individuals have long served as "angel investors,"
  • "These rich Arabs are like what 'angel investors' are to tech start-ups, except they are interested in starting up groups who want to stir up hatred,"
  • Once the groups are on their feet, they are perfectly capable of raising funds through other means, like kidnapping, oil smuggling, selling women into slavery, etc."
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  • ISIS and the most radical groups comes from Qatar rather than Saudi Arabia, and that the Qatari government has done less to stop the flow than its neighbors in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
  • flow continues.
  • any outside funding represents a small fraction of ISIS’s total annual income.”
  • SIS is taking in about $1 million a day from all sources
  • oil smuggling along the Turkish border,
  • $25 a barrel
  • But U.S. officials suggest that as the group has expanded -- and its range of enemies has broadened – so have its costs, which could make the group vulnerable.
  • jreyesc on 19 Nov 14
     
    This article is about how the Islamic State is being funded by wealthy gulf. These investor are described to be like "angle investors".The money that they receive from these investors is just a jumping off point, then the group finds other ways to get money like "kidnapping, oil smuggling, selling women into slavery."
irede123

Military Fears ISIS is Eyeing Drug-Smuggling Routes to Enter U.S. - US News - 0 views

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ISIS routes u s

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  • irede123 on 11 Feb 16
     
    As oil prices plunge, and ISIS get less income, they are finding new ways to fund their activities. One such way is through drug smuggling into the US, from South America.
atownen

Russia presents proof of Turkey's role in ISIS oil trade - RT News - 0 views

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ISIS turkey oil trade Russia

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  • atownen on 27 Mar 16
     
    This report from December 2015, released news from Moscow that uncovered Turkey as ISIS' main destination for smuggling oil. Three main oil routes to Turkey have been discovered. Although ISIS' income from oil smuggling has been significantly reduced from $3 to $1.5 million per day, this still suggests Turkey was not only aware of ISIS' stealing, but aiding and buying.
ccfuentez

Algeria Trafficking in persons - Transnational Issues - 0 views

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Algeria human-trafficking Tier 3 illegal immigrant prostitution

shared by ccfuentez on 26 Jan 16 - No Cached
  • Algeria is a transit and, to a lesser extent, a destination and source country for women, and, to a lesser extent, men subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; criminal networks, which sometimes extend to sub-Saharan Africa and to Europe, are involved in both human smuggling and trafficking; sub-Saharan adults enter Algeria voluntarily but illegally, often with the aid of smugglers, for onward travel to Europe, but some of the women are forced into prostitution; some Algerian women are also forced into prostitution; some sub-Saharan men, mostly from Mali, are forced into domestic servitude
  • Algeria does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so
  • ccfuentez on 26 Jan 16
     
    Human trafficking is an often occurrence in Algeria where men and women are illegally smuggled in and through the country. Men are typically subjected to force labor or prostitution while women are more commonly forced into prostitution. Algeria is currently rated a Tier 3 which means they are making no significant changes to end the human trafficking.
ccfuentez

Five Algerian, Tunisian, Libyan 'Smugglers' Arrested as Survivors Say They Trapped Hund... - 0 views

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human smuggling France Algerian Tunisian Libyan shipwreck

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  • ccfuentez on 10 Mar 16
     
    A group of 5 men, aged 21-24, were arrested recently for taking a boat full of 200 people and trying to illegally smuggle them across waters. If anyone tried to escape the tightly packed boat, one of the five men would beat them with sticks and knives and forced them back inside.
ccfuentez

http://www.protectionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Algeria.pdf - 0 views

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Algeria origin transit trafficking in persons forced labor prostitution

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  • ccfuentez on 22 Mar 16
     
    Algeria is a country of origin and transit for trafficking in persons, women men and children, for forced labor, sexual exploitation and organ harvesting. Victims from Sub-Sahara Africa enter Algeria voluntarily and are trafficked to Europe. Men are primarily subjected to forced labor while women become part of the prostitution chain, paying off their smuggling debts.
kbrisba

South Tunisia in strike over export tax and man's death - Al Jazeera English - 0 views

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  • kbrisba on 01 Mar 15
     
    Southern Tunisia lives largely off illegal cross-border trade. A strike has been staged following deadly clashes between police and demonstrators after the seizure of contraband fuel. Unions are demanding job creation schemes, the lifting of an export tax imposed on goods imposed in October. It is estimated that about 328,000 tonnes of contraband products pass through Ras Jedir annually. Smuggling was costing the Tunisian exchequer at least $675m a year.
tdford333

Yemen crisis reignites fear of al-Qaeda global threat - BBC News - 0 views

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  • Yemen crisis reignites fear of al-Qaeda global threat
  • tdford333 on 13 Apr 15
     
    US intelligence cites AQAP as the most globally dangerous of all al-Qaeda's regional branches because of its proven ability to smuggle bombs on to planes bound for the West.
amarsha5

DEA: Hezbollah drug money scheme disrupted - CNNPolitics.com - 0 views

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hezbollah money terrorism DEA

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  • amarsha5 on 04 Feb 16
     
    The DEA caught Lebanese militant organization, Hezbollah, in an international drug operation that was helping to finance the terrorist network's operations in Syria. Hezbollah worked with South American drug cartels to smuggle the drugs via the bodies of expensive foreign sports cars being shipped internationally.
ccfuentez

U.S. Report: Middle East needs to do more to tackle human trafficking - 0 views

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middle east human trafficking Algeria illegal Tier 2 lack legal policies

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  • ccfuentez on 21 Mar 16
     
    Algeria is a source country for women to be subjected to forced labor along with sex trafficking and men are often subjected to forced labor. Algeria is a destination for undocumented migration and human trafficking. Criminals and traffickers smuggle people in and out of the country and are sold to neighboring countries.
zackellogg

Egypt blows up houses for Sinai buffer zone - 0 views

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egypt ISIS Gaza

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  • zackellogg on 30 Oct 14
     
    This article talks about how Egypt recently started creating a controversial buffer zone by blowing up homes along the boarder. This move was the beginnings of a soon to be 500 meter buffer zone, if all goes to plan. This border is used for gangs to smuggle arms to and from Gaza.
jherna2a

Iranian support seen crucial for Yemen's Houthis - 0 views

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Yemen Iran Houthi war proxy

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  • jherna2a on 09 Mar 16
     
    Iran has provided weapons, medical aid, and training to the Houthis. In 2013, a ship smuggling Iranian weapons to Yemen was seized.
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