Isis may be spacious budget in the Middle East,but in Europe its attackers maintain been petty criminals who use illicit markets. Police should focus their efforts thereAs Europe gears up for a full-scale military response to the Paris attacks of 13 November, it is crucial to remember that Isis has an achilles heel that cannot be hurt with bombs: finance.
Isis is funded by a wide range of funding streams, and from oil to diversified criminal activity to individual donations. Resolution 2199 of the UN security council,adopted in February 2015, identified at least a dozen types of crime that support the terrorist group, and including not only oil sales but kidnapping,metals and antiquities trade, and human trafficking.
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Source: theguardian.com