USED CAR SCAM WORKS; IN TRADE BASED TAMPA MONEY LAUNDERING, THOUSANDS OF COUNTERFEIT CD'S, DVD'S AND MICROSOFT VISTA PROGRAMS ARE SHIPPED FROM EGYPT TO THE PORT OF TAMPA EVERY MONTH which are picked up by a local truck driver and then delivered to a variety of Muslim grocery stores in the greater Tampa area then sold at full price resulting in huge profits, Sami al-Arian had set up this network. In Feb 2007 over 150 shipments of counterfeit CD's DVD's were received at the Port of Tampa resulting in over $1 Mill. Such shipments of counterfeit merchandise result in high profits used to support terrorism.
The $1 Mill in sales form the counterfeit CD's, cost of goods should be $300,000 with a profit of $700,000 how do you launder the $700,000 ?
Terror cell in TampaYou can not show this much profit in the Muslim grocery stores,you can not put this money in a bank or wire transfer such large amounts without calling attention to yourself from the FBI, so what do you do ? Buy cars with multiple associates in the used car business in the Tampa from the auto auctions with your $700,000.00, deliver the vehicles to a central warehouse storage lot near the port of Tampa and ship the vehicles to Dubai in containers for resale.
Dubai is the largest used car connection in the world with a whole industry dedicated to changing the identities of the Tampa cars to Dubai and into Iraq, re-sold to support al-Qaeda's campaign, see Washington Post article 2/10/08.
More Information on stolen cars funding terrorism;
Shiite Used Car Dealers In Tampa, Florida To Iraq Via Dubai: Cars To Fund Terrorism
"USED CAR RACKET" FROM THE USA TO JEDDAH SAUDI ARABIA
TheAge.com (Australia): Police struggle to put brake on stolen car traffic
PAKISTANI "BUSINESS MEN" RUN THE DUBAI USED/STOLEN CAR SYNDICATE
NPR: Analysis: License Plates For Stolen Cars in GazaVehicle crime profits can be used to support terrorist organisations, INTERPOL
Support Of Terrorism Via Vehicle Theft Can Go On Unabated
Boston.com: US car theft rings probed for ties to Iraq bombings
The Stolen Cars of Al Qaeda
Exposed: Criminals behind huge car fraud
Iraqi National News, The Iraqi Coast Guard seizes four tankers carrying smuggled cars
MUSLIM USED CAR SCAM IS THE NEW UPDATED VERSION OF THE HAWALA MONEY TRANSFER
Stolen Norway cars found in Iraq
Stolen Malaysian cars help terror funding - police
Bill Warner
Private Investigator
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Sarasota Fl
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