Militant groups like the Islamic State and Boko Haram use drugs as an analogue of gold and currency reserves, Director of the Federal Drug Control Service (FDCS) of Russia Viktor Ivanov said Thursday.
– Nn the sidelines of the Moscow-African Anti-Drug Dialogue conference, Ivanov said:
“Drugs play the role of gold and currency reserves for quasi-state groups.”
ISIL and Boko Haram have been using revenues from criminal activities to create state-like organizations on occupied territories.