A Council on Foreign Relations backgrounder on how Boko Haram funds its insurgency in Nigeria, citing an estimated 70 million US dollars raised from illicit sources between 2006 and 2011, alongside bank robbery, kidnap ransom, extortion, taxation and smuggling as ongoing revenue streams.
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PublisherCouncil on Foreign Relations
URLhttps://www.cfr.org/articles/financing-boko-haram
Source TypeReport
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This source names Boko Haram directly: "Foreign Relations backgrounder on how Boko Haram funds its insurgency in Nigeria, citing an estimated 70 million US dollars raised from illicit sources between 2006 and 2011, alongside bank robbery..."
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