As if it were a first, the UN has announced that the main source of funding the terrorist group Islamic State is trade and the illegal sale of oil.
During a speech to the United Nations Security Council, the Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, said that, even though the agency has already adopted a resolution on combating the sources of terrorist financing, the EI It is still profiting "quickly and efficiently" through the sale of oil, which in 2015 allowed him to obtain between 400 and 500 million dollars in revenue.
After emerging and strengthened in Syria and Iraq, largely due to the prolonged instability and conflict in these countries, the jihadist organization "benefits from the flow of financial resources and their links with transnational criminal gangs", which has I managed to "expand its operation to other regions," said Jeffrey Feltman, quoted by RIA Novosti.
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During a speech to the United Nations Security Council, the Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, said that, even though the agency has already adopted a resolution on combating the sources of terrorist financing, the EI It is still profiting "quickly and efficiently" through the sale of oil, which in 2015 allowed him to obtain between 400 and 500 million dollars in revenue.
After emerging and strengthened in Syria and Iraq, largely due to the prolonged instability and conflict in these countries, the jihadist organization "benefits from the flow of financial resources and their links with transnational criminal gangs", which has I managed to "expand its operation to other regions," said Jeffrey Feltman, quoted by RIA Novosti.
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