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Turkey Attacks Point to Growing Terror Pipeline
February 08, 2017
Arrests of the perpetrators of a spate of recent Islamic State (IS) terror attacks in Turkey have raised red flags about the former Soviet republics as a growing radicalization and recruitment space for violent Islamism.
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Italy Arrests Reveal Terror, Organized Crime Links
February 08, 2017
The arrest by Italian law enforcement officials of a group of individuals charged with trafficking arms to Islamic State operatives has intensified concerns among European intelligence and security actors about collaboration between organized crime entities and Islamist radicalization.
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Turkey Stages Coordinated Raids on Jihadi Cells
February 08, 2017
In an effort to crack down on the growing domestic terrorism problem associated with homegrown Islamic State sympathizers, Turkish security officials staged a raid on suspected jihadi cells in 18 provinces across the country.
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OIC Advances Global Sharia Finance with Law Project
February 08, 2017
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) Islamic Development Bank, working with regional and national banking and finance authorities in Africa and Asia, is sponsoring a Model Sharia Law Project with the goal of regularizing and globalizing Islamic financial markets and products.
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Hezbollah Expands Islamist Presence in Latin America
February 08, 2017
The Iran-backed Lebanese Islamist militant group Hezbollah is continuing to expand its Western Hemisphere presence based on decades-long operations in Latin America, relying on a sophisticated array of organized criminal activities and political patronage to support global Islamist extremist activities.
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