And you can bet your ass they’ve got their fingers in used car dealerships (and drug trafficking) in the US as well, just like Al Qaeda did (does?) as was/is the case in California, Florida, Texas and many other states:
http://www.billwarnerpi.com/2008/07/stolen-cars-of-al-qaeda-financing.html
http://www.newson6.com/story/16340710/feds-raid-tulsa-used-car-dealership-over-he
There are many, many more such instances in open source information.
interest post, thank you. I was just reading that profits are down in oil and Saudi Arabia is looking for new revenue source. I wonder if they are connected. http://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/500-Billion-In-Lost-Oil-Revenues-Forces-Gulf-Nations-To-Turn-To-Debt-Markets.html