AZMEX UPDATE 2 MAR 2016
Note: "Arizona is the second highest in Middle Eastern money transfers, which shows that as Middle Easterners or migrants are coming through Mexico, they are surfacing in Arizona."
Border Attorney Generals attend conference
On YouTube Western Union touts the ease with which people can wire money around the globe.
By: Linda Williams
POSTED:MAR 01 2016 04:36PM MST
UPDATED:MAR 01 2016 05:59PM MST
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-news/99387887-story
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (KSAZ) - On YouTube Western Union touts the ease with which people can wire money around the globe.
When you follow that money, which is what Arizona Attorney Generals Financial Crimes Task Force is doing, some trends develop that may cause some alarm.
"Whether it's drug cartels, illegal smuggling activities, or frankly maybe folks involved or connected to terrorism," said Attorney General Mark Brnovich.
The AG's office revealed those trends and discussed how to combat them at an International Border Attorney General's Conference in Scottsdale.
The AG's task force began investigating money transfers from the Middle East to Mexico.
They noted in 2015 one human smuggler received 69 money transfers from names that appeared to be of Middle Eastern origin. In fact, there were many more transfers putting Arizona even higher on one list.
Arizona is the second highest in Middle Eastern money transfers, which shows that as Middle Easterners or migrants are coming through Mexico, they are surfacing in Arizona.
"We know that six people were apprehended at the border from Middle Eastern countries, and it does cause us some concern when you see not only the spike of people coming over our southern border, but also the amount of wire transfers and money that is being sent," said Brnovich.
Brnovich's office says this conference allows US Attorney Generals to work with Attorney Generals from Mexico to better combat these operations. Homeland Security and Western Union and other groups are working closely to find out what the transfers really mean.
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Note: related:
Firearms Coalition Targeted by Islamist Hackers
Whether it was a random attack or retaliation for our unflinching practice of calling out Muslim extremism being used to try and strip Americans of our gun rights, our primary website, www.FirearmsCoalition.org, fell victim to a hacker assault a few days ago. Visitors to the site were surprised to find Middle-Eastern music and pro-Islamist slogans, rather than our normal collection of hard-hitting rights analysis.
Chris and our hosting company have recovered our data and are in the process of restoring the site with additional security precautions, but the new software is proving to be resistant to our preferred look and feel. While Chris wrestles with it, the site might not look quite right, and there might be other glitches we've yet to discover, so please be patient, and please do let us know if you run into any problems.
Yours for the Second Amendment,
Jeff
Jeff Knox, Director, The Firearms Coalition
http://www.FirearmsCoalition.org
Related:
Terror expert describes Islamic State tactics, recruiting
By JACQUES BILLEAUD
Associated Press
http://www.kvoa.com/story/31358679/terror-expert-describes-islamic-state-tactics-recruiting
PHOENIX (AP) - An expert for the U.S. Justice Department described for a jury in a terror trial how Islamic State targets American troops and reaches new recruits.
Terrorism expert Evan Kohlmann testified Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of orchestrating a thwarted shooting attack on an anti-Islam event in Texas last year.
Two friends of defendant Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem brought semiautomatic rifles to shoot up the event but were killed by a police officer.
The two associates had the name of a U.S. military member written on a notebook found in their apartment.
Kohlmann said Islamic State issued a list of 100 military members including photos and their addresses in an effort to wage war with "soldiers of the enemy."
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