Cocaine, kidnapping and the Al-Qaeda cash squeeze

“The three al-Qaeda agents assured the Colombians that they would have no problem moving their shipment of European-bound cocaine through the Islamist badlands of the Sahara. As supporters of the terrorist organisation’s North African branch, they would guarantee shipment of the drugs through territory they controlled – so long as they were paid fee of $2,000 per kilo.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mali/7386278/Cocaine-kidnapping-and-the-Al-Qaeda-cash-squeeze.html