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 Italian police link Somali migrant traffickers to militants
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Thursday May 11, 2017 - 18:41:47 in Wararka by Burhan Editor
SOMALILANDERS:- Italian police say they have found indirect links between Islamic militants and a Somali-run migrant trafficking and money transfer ring that was busted in overnight raids in southern Italy.
Police said the leader of the Bari-based ring had been in telephone contact with a Somali man arrested in Italy in July on suspicion of having helped two Islamic State foreign fighters enter Italy via Malta. A police statement said other members of the ring frequented websites linked to Al-Shabab, Somalia's homegrown Islamic extremist rebels linked to al-Qaida.
The dozen Somalis targeted in the raids Wednesday are accused of transporting migrants to northern Europe, including with false documents, and running a money transfer network. Bari prosecutor Giuseppe Volpe says the "hawala" transfer network "is the same used to finance international terrorism." |
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Italian police link Somali migrant traffickers to militants
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