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Shadow economies financing terror activities, says NCTC boss

National Counter Terrorism Centre Director Ambassador Martin Kimani Macharia

Terrorists are fighting to seize control of territories to impose illegal taxes and collect proceeds from other organised transnational crimes to finance their operations. 

Kenya’s National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) Director Martin Kimani told a global counter-terrorism forum that terror networks are now concerned about controlling territories to gain grip of the economy by imposing illegal taxes and contraband trade.

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