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| Funds flow for Ransom Payments |
Terror organization has made at least £73million in ransom money secretly paid to free hostages since 2008
Year / Amount in 2014 Dollars Paid By Hostages
2010-13 $40.4
million A state-controlled French company - 4
French nationals
2010-11 $17.7
million A state-controlled French company - 1
French national, 1 from Togo and 1 from Madagascar
2009 $12.4 million Switzerland - 2
Swiss nationals and 1 German
2011-12 $10.8
million Could not be
determined - 1 Italian and 2 Spaniards
2009-10 $5.9
million Spain - 3
Spaniards
2008 $3.2 million Austria - 2
Austrians
2008-9 $1.1 million Could not be determined - 2 Canadians
$5.1 million has been paid to the Al Shabaab.
2011-13 $5.1
million Spain - 2
Spaniards
$29.9 million has been paid to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
2012-13 $20.4
million Qatar and Oman - 2
Finnish nationals, 1 Austrian and 1 Swiss national
2011 $9.5 million Could not be determined - 3 French nationals
More details coming from The New York Times Investigation
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