IRS and Terrorism
Reader comment on item: Suspicious Neighbors Prevent Terrorism

Submitted by Joe Dog (United States), Apr 22, 2009 at 14:02

Post 911, US Internal Revenue Service authorities instituted a Foreign Tax Project (FTP) which encompasses a global search for mass quantities of cash possibly or connected with or influenced by international terror organizations. The DEA is also heavily involved in the efforts of the IRS. In a coordinated effort to avoid paying US tax debt, investigators report that these cash transactional flow are directed to such well known tax havens as Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Belgium, Luxemburg, United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

In addition, it is also a well known fact within the intelligence community that large Arabic and Russian conglomerate trusts are routinely held by the aforementioned countries financial institutions. ...

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