BAGHDAD – Iraq’s intelligence apparatus has dismantled a clandestine groupthat had helped finance Daesh terrorist operations around the world,according to Iraq’s National Intelligence Service (NIS).In a Thursday statement, the NIS described the group as “the largest Daeshfinancing operation ever uncovered in Iraq”.“The financing network is extremely complex,” it said. “It has branches incountries across the globe.”According to the NIS, the group “uses various offices and corporate frontsto camouflage its activities and the movement of funds” to terroristelements.The NIS statement did not provide further details. Recent months have seenan uptick in Daesh activity, especially near the Iraq-Syria border, afterreports that hundreds of Daesh terrorists hadescaped from Syrian prisons and fled into Iraqi territory.AA/APP
Intelligence agencies claim busting largest ever financial network of Daesh across World
