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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
4 arrested in Sweden for allegedly funding IS
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFour people were arrested in Sweden for laundering money and working illegaly with intent to funnel the money to the Islamic State, according to a report in Swedish paper Dagens Nyheter.
The financial division of Swedish police announced in a statement that it is carrying out an “important operation” investigating six companies involved in accounting fraud.
A spokeswoman refused to divulge to AFP details of the investigation, saying the operational details are still confidential.
According to Dagens Nyheter, the people who were arrested have sent their money to Syria, presumably to finance Islamic State operations.
— AFP
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