Combating extremism

Socom tracking money that funds violent extremists

The issue of how violent extremist organizations get their money can’t get enough attention. Especially with the growing nexus between groups like the Iranian-backed Hizballah and drug trafficking organizations, who operate in the same shadowy spaces. It is a nexus that includes not only drugs, but human trafficking, arms smuggling, wildlife products like ivory, industrial waste and, most worrisome, the potential transport of radiological or nuclear weapons.