Radical finance: recommended reading

Thanks to tipsters Arun, “Mean Kitteh,” and Andrew Bowen for sending links about these items:

• Reuters reports that Congress “secretly approves” arming the rebels in Syria… more>>

• The president of a Muslim Brotherhood-linked mosque in Charleston has been indicted in a multimillion dollar cigarette smuggling scheme… more>>

• Poaching wildlife has become the 4th most lucrative illicit activity in the world… more>>

• Cuba has announced that it will freeze any assets of Al Qaeda in its banks. One analyst explains why the new sanctions are meaningless, and why terrorists deposit money in Cuba in the first place… more>>