United Nations, July 10
Pakistan-based underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s criminal syndicate has mutated into a terrorist network, India has said as it sought the US Security Council’s “focussed attention” to address the real threats posed by the D-Company, JeM and the LeT.
Terrorist organisations are increasingly involved in lucrative criminal activities such as trading in natural resources and human trafficking to raise funds, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin said on Tuesday.
Similarly, criminal groups are joining hands with terrorists and are providing services such as counterfeiting, illicit financing, arms dealing, drug trafficking and smuggling terrorists across borders, he said at the UNSC debate on terror.
“The D-Company’s illegitimate economic activities may be little known outside our region, but for us, such activities are a real and present danger,” Akbaruddin said, emphasising that the success of a collective action to “denude” the ISIS is a pointer that the council’s “attention yields results”. — PTI
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