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Environmental crime is a bigger source of funding for militias and terrorist groups like #AlQaeda and #AlShabaab than the drug trade, kidnapping and extortion.
https://www.occrp.org/en/27-ccwatch/cc-watch-briefs/8653-study-environmental-crime-is-largest-source-of-income-for-militias

Environmental crimes are now the biggest source of funding for non-state militias and terrorist organizations, bringing in 38 percent of their revenue, according to a new study released by Interpol and researchers on global organized crime.