The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, has revealed that global crowdfunding, online transactions, and sports betting fund terrorists’ organizations in Nigeria.
The organisations profiled included Boko Haram, ISWAP, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, bandits and other such groups.
NFIU said it had identified a network of affiliates of IPOB across 22 countries, through a report it received.
In its newsletter, NFIU revealed how IPOB and Eastern Security Network, ESN, received funds through affiliates in 22 countries that have registered at least 27 entities under the group’s name.The financial unit said seven of the registrations were made in the United States, while six were in the United Kingdom.
