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"A recent report from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a non-profit NGO that monitors revenue streams for terrorism and extremism, found illegal wildlife trafficking was experiencing a post-pandemic resurgence."

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March 12, 2023

Article Source

https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2023/03/12/more-than-50-cheetahs-rescued-fr…

New Report Reveals That The Illegal Wildlife Trade Is Resurging Post-Pandemic

By failing to tackle illegal wildlife trafficking, the world is missing a critical opportunity to prevent the future spread of zoonotic disease, halt a man-made mass extinction of wildlife, and starve organized criminal and extremist groups of a $23...

March 29, 2021

New CEP Report Reveals that Illicit Trade in East Africa is Funding Extremists, Terrorists, and Warlords

East Africa—a key security partner in the war on terror and a principal engine of economic development on the African continent—is being critically undermined by illicit trade, according to the new report An Unholy Alliance: Links Between Extremism...

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On January 23, 2019, two car bombs exploded outside of a mosque in Benghazi, Libya, killing 41 people and injuring 80 others. No group claimed responsibility for the blast, but remnants suggested an ISIS affiliate was responsible.