In recent years a terrorist group known as Isis has become one the richest, most well-known militant groups in the world. A question that is asked by many when talking about Isis is how does this group get their money and where does the money come from? Isis is a very well-planned and thought group. This is evident due to the type of success that this terrorist group is having in the world.
One way in which Isis is obtaining money in order to complete day to day operations is from oil fields. It is believed by many that Isis controls 6 out of 10 oil fields that are located in Syria and many more located in Iraq. Isis is obtaining control of these oil fields by coming into opposing territories and using combative means to take control.
With Isis going into areas and taking over many people are running and trying to get away from the violence that is consuming their area. As Isis is coming in the people are leaving behind their houses and many of their valuable items. Isis takes possession of these items and uses them to their benefit by selling them for money.
Isis, in the eyes of many, uses techniques that many mafia groups would use, according to CNN. Isis also uses techniques such as kidnapping and drug trade to obtain funds for their group. Isis will kidnap people and hold them for ransom and threatens to kill that person if they are not given a certain amount of money within a certain time limit. Isis is also one of the biggest drug traders in the Middle East.
Isis has also used a very good marketing technique in order to obtain money. Isis uses videos to promote their group to gain more followers and encourage people to join their group. The videos they make are reaching countries worldwide and some of the people seeing these videos become motivated to join the group. However, some of the people that watch these videos do not want to pack up and leave and join a group of Isis members in the Middle East so they contribute in the other way possible, by supplying money to Isis.
With Isis making such a huge impact in the Middle East they have become rich and quick. Isis is continuing its journey of conquest but at a significantly slower rate. Isis is still gaining monetary funds but the rate at which they are getting the money has also slowed. At first Isis wasn’t really well-known and were not believed to have the means to do what they have done, but now that they have shown that they are a well-organized group with intelligent means of getting things done maybe people will step in make a stop to this terrorists reign of horror in the Middle East before it gets even more out of control!
Lucas Pennington
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/10/24/where_does_isis_get_its_money_and_how_much_does_it_have_left.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/where-does-isis-get-its-money-from-us-steps-up-the-battle-to-find-out-9747563.html
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/22/world/meast/mme-isis-money/index.html
One way in which Isis is obtaining money in order to complete day to day operations is from oil fields. It is believed by many that Isis controls 6 out of 10 oil fields that are located in Syria and many more located in Iraq. Isis is obtaining control of these oil fields by coming into opposing territories and using combative means to take control.
With Isis going into areas and taking over many people are running and trying to get away from the violence that is consuming their area. As Isis is coming in the people are leaving behind their houses and many of their valuable items. Isis takes possession of these items and uses them to their benefit by selling them for money.
Isis, in the eyes of many, uses techniques that many mafia groups would use, according to CNN. Isis also uses techniques such as kidnapping and drug trade to obtain funds for their group. Isis will kidnap people and hold them for ransom and threatens to kill that person if they are not given a certain amount of money within a certain time limit. Isis is also one of the biggest drug traders in the Middle East.
Isis has also used a very good marketing technique in order to obtain money. Isis uses videos to promote their group to gain more followers and encourage people to join their group. The videos they make are reaching countries worldwide and some of the people seeing these videos become motivated to join the group. However, some of the people that watch these videos do not want to pack up and leave and join a group of Isis members in the Middle East so they contribute in the other way possible, by supplying money to Isis.
With Isis making such a huge impact in the Middle East they have become rich and quick. Isis is continuing its journey of conquest but at a significantly slower rate. Isis is still gaining monetary funds but the rate at which they are getting the money has also slowed. At first Isis wasn’t really well-known and were not believed to have the means to do what they have done, but now that they have shown that they are a well-organized group with intelligent means of getting things done maybe people will step in make a stop to this terrorists reign of horror in the Middle East before it gets even more out of control!
Lucas Pennington
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/10/24/where_does_isis_get_its_money_and_how_much_does_it_have_left.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/where-does-isis-get-its-money-from-us-steps-up-the-battle-to-find-out-9747563.html
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/22/world/meast/mme-isis-money/index.html