Black Market Billions: How Organized Retail Crime Funds Global Terrorists (Gal Zentner's Library) (47 page)

Sinaloa,
155

Sindhi people,
120

Singleton, Terri Lynn,
19

Sintrainagro,
196

The Smoke Shop,
183

smuggling

bulk cash smuggling,
228

cigarette smuggling,
183-192

in Africa,
189-191

costs of,
183-185
,
188-189

history of,
188-189

in Ireland,
191-192

in Latin America,
191

by RJR Corp.183-188

of PlayStations into South America,
180-182

of TVs into Pakistan,
180-182

sob-ids.com,
132

social media, use by Muslim charities,
175

Somalia

instability in,
16

ORC (organized retail crime) in,
159
,
165-167

Sony Gulf FZE

smuggling of PlayStations into South America,
182

smuggling of TVs into Pakistan,
180-182

South America

Hezbollah activity in,
27-30
,
120-123

theft rings,
110

Tri-Border Area of South America,
119

South Park
,
162-163

Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT),
133

State Bank of Hyderabad,
224

state budgets, effect of ORC (organized retail crime) on,
63
,
210-212

Stearns, Cliff,
66

stolen merchandise.
See also
boosters; fences

auto parts,
113-115

cargo theft,
83-84
,
112-113

cargo theft rings,
84

case study: cargo theft of B. Rosen and Sons,
86-87

costs of,
64-67
,
93

as national security threat,
93

of over-the-counter drugs,
84-86

USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act,
93

eBay response,
42-44

e-fencing,
40-42
,
89-91

employee theft

insider information,
54-56

scope of,
56-59

funding of terrorist organizations,
59-61

gift cards,
45-48

handbags,
1-3

recognizing,
51-52

retail returns fraud,
106-108

sales at flea markets,
91

sales by shell stores,
87-91

shell warehouses

explained,
80-81

profile of,
81-83

Stone, Matt,
162

stored value cards,
45-48
,
227-231

Stored Value Systems,
46
,
58

The Street Vendor Project,
48

StubHub,
43

Sudafed, street value of,
104

suspicious activity reports (SARs),
147

SVCs.
See
stored value cards

T

T. J. Maxx,
233

Tactical Operations Multi-Agency Cargo Anti-Theft Squad (TOMCATS),
112

Tahir, Anjun,
114

Talavera, Ulises,
30
,
50
,
63
,
111
,
126
,
133
,
182
,
238

Taliban, decentralization of,
10

Talibanization,
244

Talib’s Sportswear,
19

Target,
205

Tariff Act of 1930,
94

tax revenues, effect of ORC (organized retail crime) on,
210-212

Tehreek-e-Taliban,
9
,
18
,
165
,
222
,
244

television sets, smuggling into Pakistan,
180-182

terror watch lists,
220

terrorist organizations

anti-American sentiment among immigrant communities,
21

association with drug cartels,
155

bulk cash smuggling,
228

circumvention of banking systems,
25-27
,
219-221

effect of global recession on,
9-11

financial needs of,
127

funding by Muslim charities

charitable donation loopholes,
173-175

foreign charities,
169-172

online solicitation of donations,
175

U.S. fundraising for,
172-173

USAID Antiterrorism Vetting Procedures,
175-177

funding by sales of pirated/counterfeit merchandise,
48-51
,
59-61

funding from mosques,
168-169

funding from ORC (organized retail crime),
11
,
159-160

correlation between ORC and terrorism,
168

“homegrown terrorism”,
160-165

Somalian connection,
165-167

fundraising activities of,
134-135
,
244-245

ghost companies,
132-133

illegal entry into U.S.

counterfeit passports,
127-132

human smuggling,
129-132

material support for,
239-241

money laundering,
139-141

banking regulations and,
145-150

Black Market Peso Exchange,
152-155

credit card fraud,
231-234

hawalas,
142-144
,
219-221

RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act),
234-238

South American, Mexican, and African connection,
155-157

stored value cards,
227-231

passive sympathizers,
140

shadow banking,
45

theft.
See
stolen merchandise

Third World Relief Agency (TWRA),
134

This Is for the Mara Salvatrucha: Inside the MS-13, America’s Most Violent Gang
(Logan),
23

Thornberry, Mac,
243

Times Square Bomber.
See
Shahzad, Faisal

Tobon, John,
26-27
,
40
,
160
,
174
,
175

Tod’s,
59

TOMCATS (Tactical Operations Multi-Agency Cargo Anti-Theft Squad),
112

Toure, Harouna,
156

Tovar, Rodrigo,
195

tradeboss.com,
133

Transamerica Express,
111
,
133

Transportation Security Administration (TSA),
65

Tri-Border Area of South America, Hezbollah activity in,
27-30
,
119
,
120-123

trucking industry, regulation of,
65
.
See also
cargo theft

trust,
136-137

TSA (Transportation Security Administration),
65

TTP.
See
Tehreek-e-Taliban

Tupamaro,
179

Tutaya, George,
90

TVs, smuggling into Pakistan,
180-182

TWRA (Third World Relief Agency),
134

Tyrrell, Kevin,
150

U

UAC (United Self-Defense Forces) of Colombia,
192-195

Uganda, cigarette smuggling in,
190-191

Uniform Crime Reporting System,
67

United Nations

Group of Experts,
190

International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism,
146
,
219

Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),
32

United Self-Defense Forces (AUC) of Colombia,
192-195

United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Antiterrorism Vetting Procedures,
175-177

UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime),
32

Urban Justice Center,
48

USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act.
See
Patriot Act

USAID (United States Agency for International Development), Antiterrorism Vetting Procedures,
175-177

V

van Gogh, Theo,
162

Velosa, Edgar,
195

Verisk Analytics,
93

Victoria’s Secret,
90

Vidal, Roman,
192

W

Walgreens,
13
,
60-61
,
78
,
92
,
94
,
98
,
205
,
215

Walmart,
57
,
211-212

Walt money laundering conspiracy,
186

Warde, Ibrahim, ,
144
,
235

warehouses

explained,
80-81

profile of,
81-83

Washington, Levar,
20

Wehrle, Joe,
83