• The Muslim Brotherhood played midwife to the birth of contemporary Islamic banking. All it took was $100 million, an open door policy in Luxembourg, and the blessings of a Saudi king… more>>
• Al Qaeda insurgents in Iraq were paid about $40 a month. Hezbollah agents in Cyprus? $600… more>>
• Their tunnels flooded, Gaza’s bulk cash smugglers search for a workaround. Bank compliance officers, be forewarned… more>>
• Israel’s civil defense minister exposes the “real base” of Hezbollah’s revenues—Europe… more>>
• No longer content to tax coca farmers and drug traffickers, Peru’s Shining Path may target tourists for kidnapping. Time to reconsider that trip to Machu Picchu… more>> (h/t Jose Maria Blanco)
