Al-Shabab's Finances: The Militant Group Gets Funding From Local Businesses, Sources Abroad

A complex finance network that includes everything from fake charities to kidnapping has supported the East African militant group al-Shabab's activities over the past few years. It's difficult to know specifics because the group doesn't exactly file quarterly reports, but experts say these sources of capital have been essential to al-Shabab's growth, and will be much harder to wipe out. Islamist militant group al-Shabab is battling the U.N.-backed government in Somalia and is suspected of links...