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Brian Higgins: Kidnapping for ransom, antiquity smuggling and private donations represent an alarming and largely under appreciated…

On the recordNovember 16, 2015
Kidnapping for ransom, antiquity smuggling and private donations represent an alarming and largely under appreciated source of terrorist financing that has largely gone unaddressed.
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Brian Higgins
Democratic · New York

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Higgins highlights the overlooked sources of terrorist financing.

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