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Fraud in Minneapolis Somali Community Fueling Islamist Terror Group

There have been numerous examples of fraudulent schemes from the Somali community in Minneapolis. Here: Laundered monies have been making their way back to Somalia and then to the Islamist terror group Al-Shabaab. Christopher Rufo: Federal counterterrorism sources confirm that millions of dollars in stolen funds have been sent back to Somalia, where they ultimately landed in the hands of the terror group Al-Shabaab. As one confidential source put it: “The largest funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer.” … In 2023 alone, the Somali diaspora sent back $1.7 billion—more than the Somali government’s budget for that year. Our investigation reveals, for the first time, that some of this money has been directed to an even more troubling destination: the al-Qaida-linked Islamic terror group Al-Shabaab. According to multiple law-enforcement sources, Minnesota’s Somali community has sent untold millions through a network of “hawalas,” informal clan-based money-traders, that have wound up in the coffers of Al-Shabaab (City Journal).