The UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee has raised concerns over the “alarming” trend of terror groups profiting from natural resources, from oil to diamonds.
The committee held a special webinar highlighting the tools terror groups are using to finance their activities.
Committee director David Scharia said groups are exploiting natural resources such as oil, timber, cocoa, fish and diamonds. “This is an important but often overlooked topic of terrorists benefiting from the trade and exploitation of natural resources,” he said.
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Source: The National News