Have a look at the most dangerous and wealthiest terrorist organizations in the world.These organizations recruit children,the unemployed youth and guide them towards dark side of life; the life of only war, hate and unrest. These organizations are not only threat to the active region but also to the whole world.
1. ISIS(Islamic state of Iraq and Syria)
Annual turnover: $2 billion (according to the Forbes magazine)
Today the Islamic State controls about a third of Iraq’s territory and about a quarter of Syria, covering about 200 thousand square kilometers – more than half of the territory of Germany.Al-Qaeda was its mother organization but it left AL-Qaeda and became independent terrorist organization.
What is source of income for ISIS?
a) Oil is one of the main source of income for this terrorist organization.
b) According to expert estimates, ISIS currently controls 60% of oil reserves in Syria, and was able to get its hand on the seven major oil and gas reserves in Iraq, including the country’s largest oil refinery.
Although this oil is sold at 40% to 75% less than the market price, ISIS still pockets around $3 million every day―more than a billion dollars a year.
c) An especially famous robbery took place at the Central Bank of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, during which they plundered half a billion dollars in cash and gold.
d) Other means of raising capital is kidnapping foreigners and collecting ransom. It is estimated that over the past year, various governments paid a total of approximately $ 125 million to release citizens kidnapped by the organization.
2. Hamas
Annual turnover: $1 billion (according to the Forbes Magazine)
In less than a decade, Hamas managed to turn the organization – which used to rely on donations from countries and charities – to a huge conglomerate.Hamas want the establishment of a Palestinian Islamic state from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River.The group has control over West bank and Gaza strip.Hamas’s militant coup and its taking over of the Gaza strip, back in 2007, ushered this organization into the big league.
Behind the scene:
a) About 😡 15% of Gaza’s economy ends up in this organizations pocket, through taxes and levies on goods and consumer goods entering the Gaza Strip, such as cigarettes and gasoline, and licensing fees for cars, motorcycles and even carts. Taxes that once went to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah now go to Hamas.
b) Hamas makes most of its money from a sophisticated tax system, aimed at, among other things, pocketing large portions of the international aid that flows into Gaza. For example, Hamas taxes money-changers that convert foreign currency to shekels, and gains tens of millions by doing so.
c) Hamas runs hundreds of businesses which control a variety of areas – from real estate, insurance, banking, hotels and tourism, to fish farms and banquet halls.
d) Hamas’s total income from taxes, fees and duties, and from the businesses it runs both directly and through straw men – is estimated at half a billion dollars. Hamas also enjoys private donations from businesses and organizations all over the world. Hamas’s principal backer in recent years is Qatar, which donates hundreds of millions of dollars to the organization annually.
3. FARC(Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia)
Annual turnover: $ 600 million. (according to the Forbes Magazine)
FARC has control over the region of Columbia. It is also known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. FARC is an underground Marxist and anti-imperialist activist and a key player in the bloody struggle that’s ravaged Columbia for more than 50 years.
It is considered the largest underground organization and strongest in Columbia.
Facts about FARC:
a)The organization currently controls approximately 😠30% of the territory of Colombia, especially in the jungles of the south-east of the country, where it directs one of the largest drug trafficking networks in the world.
b) A special report by the US Department of Justice estimated that the production and trade network established by FARC is responsible for more than 50% of the global cocaine trade, and that 60% of the cocaine smuggled from Colombia to the United States comes from the organization’s drug laboratories. In total, according to estimates, FARC generates about $500 million a year from drug deals alone.
c) Another way in which the Colombian guerrilla organization finances its activities is kidnapping and ransom collection, mainly of wealthy businessmen and public figures (a tactic applied for political purposes).
d) FARC is also involved in the illegal mining of minerals (mainly gold), the collection of taxes and transfer fees and protection money – with a total turnover estimated at tens of millions of dollars annually.
4. Hezbollah
Annual turnover: $ 500 million
It was established as a militant group fighting for the Shi’ite population in Lebanon and against Israel. Hezbollah, like Hamas, has a strong political arm that became one of the major powers in Lebanon.Its headquarter is in Lebanon. The group aim at establishing an Islamic state in Lebanon.
Who is behind Hezbollah?
a) Hezbollah’s main sponsor is the Iranian regime, which donates an estimated $250 million a year to the organization.
b) But Hezbollah made sure to diversify its sources of capital – from donations of private businessmen, through fundraising by charities in disguise, spread all over the world, to the real estate and tourism.
Hezbollah is involved in criminal activities around the world, from South America through Africa, Europe, the Far East, Australia and the Middle East. Its cells are involved in money laundering, counterfeiting, arms trade, smuggling and of course, the production and trade of drugs, especially heroin and cocaine.
Experts had recently estimated that Hezbollah will soon generate more money from its drug activities than from all of its other income sources put together, including the hundreds of millions of dollars deposited in its account every year courtesy of Ali H’minai of Iran.
5. Taliban
Annual turnover: $ 400 million
The Taliban is a militant political movement that ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 and applied the rule of Sunni Islamic Sharia law. A Pashtun (the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan) fundamentalist organization, which gained popularity despite allegations of corruption and discrimination by the government, deposed in September 1996. Immediately after taking over the country, it declared the rule of Sharia law*, and enforced it brutally, targeting women: girls remained imprisoned in their homes and were not allowed to go to school, women were forbidden to study, and were forced to wear burkas.Those citizens involved in adultery were taken to the main square or Municipal Stadium and shot without any court trial.. It was also strictly forbidden to play music or watch TV, and men whose beards were too short were flogged.
The group want to establish Islamic theocracy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Taliban vs USA🤐
After attack on the Twin Towers ,The group was crushed by USA military force but it seems to regain its strength after the loss of power in 2001. The Taliban built a huge drug production and trafficking network. This network produces hundreds of millions of dollars annually, and made Afghanistan the world’s largest opium exporter.These payments, according to pentagon officials and the UN, amount to 100-300 million.
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