According to US-based analysis firm IHS(73) part of the money terrorist organizations make comes from “taxation and confiscation and a mixture of other avenues including drugs. The money that is received from the drugs trade comes indirectly through the system of taxation of “food, transport, fuel, drugs and raw materials that are bought and sold within their area of control.” The analysis states.
The connection established between drug trafficking and terrorism has also been a justification for state involvement. Felbab-Brown argues that ”there are just as many government links to the drug trade as there are terrorist links and that it is easier to blame terrorists rather than institutional corruption.” She even goes as far as to say that
The connection established between drug trafficking and terrorism has also been a justification for state involvement. Felbab-Brown argues that ”there are just as many government links to the drug trade as there are terrorist links and that it is easier to blame terrorists rather than institutional corruption.” She even goes as far as to say that