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Predatory Islamic State Wrings Money From Those It Rules
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/30/world/middleeast/predatory-islamic-state-wrings-money-from-those-it-rules.html

Les différentes taxes et autres amendes que l’ISIS récolte de ses « administrés » lui rapporteraient un milliard USD/an, soit plus que le pétrole et les dons des riches des pays du Golfe,

The better known of the Islamic State’s revenue sources — smuggling oil, plundering bank vaults, looting antiquities, ransoming kidnapped foreigners and drumming up donations from wealthy supporters in the Persian Gulf — have all helped make the group arguably the world’s richest militant organization. But as Western and Middle Eastern officials have gained a better understanding of the Islamic State’s finances over the past year, a broad consensus has emerged that its biggest source of cash appears to be the people it rules, and the businesses it controls.