People smuggling operations funding terrorist activity

Al Qaeda - associated Italian jihadists

On 10 May 2018, a network of suspected AQ-linked Italian jihadists were arrested in Sardinia and in northern Italy. Ten of the individuals detained were accused of money laundering and distributing money to the jihadists, while another four are suspected of being a support cell for al-Nusra front (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham).

Funds were reportedly raised from …