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A terrorist front organization is created to conceal activities or provide logistical or financial support to the illegal activities. "Import-export" companies are favorite front organizations for terrorist groups.
This is an incomplete list of groups that have been accused by some government agencies of being terrorist fronts:
- Al Barakaat, an international money wiring organization accused of funding Al-Qaida
- Benevolence International Foundation, a charity that U.S. authorities accuse of diverting funds to terrorist activities, including those of Al-Qaida
- Direct Action Against Drugs - An organization said to be a front for the Provisional IRA
- Global Relief Foundation, accused of funding Islamist terrorists
- Konsojaya Trading Company, accused of providing financial assistance to local Jemaah Islamiyah plots and Al-Qaida plots in Southeast Asia
See also
- Hawala, an informal value transfer system useful to terrorists (and criminals) for transmission of money outside of regulated channels.
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