I'm not surprised that DVD piracy funds terrorism; probably anything which funds criminal syndicates funds terrorism. I just doubt that it's a any more significant a funder for the IRA than drug running, gun running or the Irish Sweepstakes have been.
On Mar 4, 2009, at 2:08 AM, Paul Ferguson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Via UPI. > > [snip] > > WASHINGTON, March 3 (UPI) -- Organized criminal groups are > increasingly > pirating movies and using the funds to support terrorism, a study from > U.S.-based think tank Rand Corp. said. > > The non-profit policy-analysis organization released a report Tuesday > suggesting that organized criminal groups are increasingly turning > to the > lucrative and largely unprosecuted street sales of pirated movies as > a new > revenue source, Rand reported. > > The research, supported by a grant from the Motion Picture > Association, > involved interviews with more than 120 law enforcement and > intelligence > officials and a review of 2,000 pages of documents. > > The study said there were several cases of criminal groups pirating > movies > and using some of the funds to support terrorism, including > activities by > the Irish Republican Army and Hezbollah. > > "Given the enormous profit margins, it's no surprise that organized > crime > has moved into film piracy," Greg Treverton, Rand Center for Global > Risk > and Security director and the report's lead author, said in a > statement. > > "If you buy pirated DVDs, there is a good chance that at least part > of the > money will go to organized crime, and those proceeds fund more > dangerous > criminal activities, possibly terrorism." > > > [snip] > > Link: > http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2009/03/03/DVD_piracy_linked_to_terrori > sm/UPI-54051236094676/ > > > Note "...supported by a grant from the Motion Picture Association..." > > Oh, those wacky Rand analysts. > > Enjoy! > > - - ferg > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) > > wj8DBQFJrijkq1pz9mNUZTMRAiQxAJ9ZbmNhkLxAZk8sKM/KnGRsZo53tQCg9C+E > 6aqr1gm3/MZRmBe+NBF1uYw= > =Hz+U > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson > Engineering Architecture for the Internet > fergdawgster(at)gmail.com > ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
