In 2016, travelers pulling suitcases filled with cash started showing up at Sea-Tac Airport holding tickets destined for recipients in Somalia, raising concerns among anti-terrorism officials. Transporting large amounts of cash overseas isn’t illegal, but it was who was carrying the money and where it was going (to Somali terror groups like Al-Shabaab) that caught the attention of security officials.
KING5 The first cash shipment rolled through Sea-Tac in 2016. A man carrying $750,000 in cash told Customs officials he was transporting the money overseas. Over the next several months, couriers carrying as much as $2 million boarded commercial flights at Sea-Tac. One hawala – Seattle hawala – sent out $20 million last year,” said Kerns.
Over the years, U.S. banks have been shutting refusing to wire money on behalf of hawalas – worried that the bank could be held liable for failing to report suspicious activity. After the banks shut down the last remaining accounts of hawalas that wired money to Somalia, Somali Muslims began to ferry cash overseas using couriers.
Glenn Kerns, who was assigned to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) at the time, uncovered something suspicious when he analyzed financial records that the hawalas are required file with the Washington Department of Financial Institutions. “All ten of them were on welfare benefits. DSHS benefits,” said Kerns. “It’s fraud. Straight up fraud – every one of them.”
But that’s not all:
I am forced to admit to a small amount of prejudice when it comes to a cult that preaches my destruction or enslavement.
If they were muslims, the funds were obtained by them in an unlawful manner.
If they were muslims, the funds were intended to be used in an unlawful manner.
If they were muslims, the funds may well have come from food assistance programs, intended to help the the poor.
If they were muslims, no respect for any local, State, or Federal laws would be given by them.
If they were muslims, they would consider only the laws of shariah and their made-up monkey god,allahagh, (P’tooie), and his pedophie, murderous, so called prophet, muhammered.
Amen.
Wonder what the kickback to democrats amounts to?
I thought that there was a maximum of $10K that could be legally carried out of the country?
NEW YORK: Muslim store owner’s Ashmed Alshami’s wife and daughter scream, ‘F*ck America!’ after conviction for food-stamp fraud.
Muslims from failed, poverty stricken Third World Muslim countries are devoid of all gratitude for the wonderful privilege of being accepted into a prosperous, First World great nation — America.
Their evil response is one of overwhelming hate.
With all that hate, why doesn’t America and other countries deport Muslims back to their Muslim home countries? Muslims would no longer have to be consumed day and night with their anger and rage and extreme hate of having to live among non-Muslims.
I can’t carry a couple of hundred dollars when I ride for fear that some sheriff’s deputy’s wife is going to get new curtains at my expense, yet these muslims can carry suitcases of cash to Somalia? They have more rights than I do!
And now local police can drain your debit card.
If any typical USA citizen tried that, he’d never see the light of day again. He’d be permanently locked up. Can we really not stop these bastards? What are we, morons??? God dammit !!!
I’m afraid that the answer to your question appears to be YES (at least for those whose opinions are the ones that dominate policy, and who should know better!)
Our government let them do it. Our government SUPPORTS TERRORISTS. Muslums are liars, rapists, murderers & thieves. Every single one is at least one, if not all four.
Absolutely correct Az gal.
The American government SUPPORTS BARBARIC MUSLIM TERRORIST SAVAGES 100%.
The American government imported millions of Muslims. UNJUSTLY Give their Highly Favoured Muslims everything free the moment they step on American soil — Permanent welfare benefits and many privileges not given to any other people group.
The American, British, European, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand governments have MALICIOUSLY placed non Muslims in SEVERE DANGER via Muslim colonization and wickedly allow their ADORED Muslims to perpetrate many serious crimes against intensely hated non-Muslims.
There is NO War on Muslim Terror waged by governments. Our own governments via the Muslims they imported are waging a WAR of TERROR on our non-Muslim people. And using our taxes to do so.
Linda:
Since it was the little muslim fraud, obama, who did most of this while he was our stupidly elected president, it could be considered to have been “The American Government” that did it.
I believe it was strictly obama, his muslim brotherhood boss, and his host of filthy muslims and muslim supporters he bled into our country and government.
Things are changing. Not as fast as I wish, but changing.
I do not wish for a totalitarian Government, so all muslims cannot be deported or shot.
…………. Do I hear the music of the song “Imagine” playing ?
Why no asset forfeiture as is done to the rest of us????
“Transporting large amounts of cash overseas isn’t illegal”
Not true. Amounts over $10, 000 must be declared or can be forfeited…or worse.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP): “If a person or family fails to declare their monetary instruments in amounts more than $10,000 their monetary instrument(s) may be subject to forfeiture and could result in civil and or criminal penalties. ”
Currency and Monetary Instruments – Amount that can be brought into or leave the U.S.
https://help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-195?language=en_US
tri, that’s what I thought, too.
Doesn’t matter if you have the approved forms to take more than 10K. Some dimwit at TSA can still seize your money and you will pay hell ever seeing it again. Search the net for all the horror stories of those that it happened to. Most didn’t even have any amounts near what must be declared. Just better to xfer to another bank abroad. Never had issues doing it that way.
I agree with Bonni regarding those huge amounts of money. It’s known that it’s not allowed.
MUSLIM PRIVILEGE
Highly Favoured Muslims are allowed in America and other Western countries to commit very serious crimes including murders, terrorist attacks, rapes, gang rapes, tortures and sex slavery of non Muslim children and women.
Our leaders are EVIL.
On the 9th of January 1989, a courier from WA state for the Aga Khan was caught at the Pacific Highway Port of Entry in B.C……with $1,81,400.00 USD hidden in the spare tire compartment of a rented Mercedes…..
Rather than divulge the methods of fund raising, the Aga Khan gave up the money…..
Justin Trudeau met the Aga Khan on an off shore island at least twice…..Tell me this exportation of cash isn’t happening in Canada…….
Oh Justin! He has such nice hair and is cute! How dare we challenge his wonderfulness. Never forget that his first real job was Prime Minister.
When in the Hell are we gonna stop this fleecing of America by these foreign ingrates? Are we so blind tgat they are her for peace when in fact they are robbing us and then buying arms to throw back at us. Everyone one of these people should be march out of this country period.
Were they questioned at all about the source of the $$$ , or taken into custody?
I don’t know.
They’re MUSLIMS. It’s highly doubtful.