The five men strolled casually toward the aircraft, looking like, as far as anyone would know, ordinary airline passengers.
They were, however, carrying twelve bags between them, stuffed with money – 23 million in South African rand, and 3.77 million in US dollars, all allegedly headed for ISIS coffers. Now, authorities are discovering that the man may have made hundred of trips like the one they never got to make recently – as part of a river of cash to the Islamic State terrorist group.
The would-be couriers were caught at OR Tambo, the main airport in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 28th, but word that the money was likely headed for ISIS was just announced last weekend.
The men were believed to have been traveling to the ISIS caliphate in Syria and Iraq, with a stopover in Dubai. At least one of the men may have made the same journey hundreds of times.
A police official saying, “there is one (suspect) we are particularly interested in, as records show he was flying to Dubai every two days for a year.”
The suspects were walking down a ramp when they saw customs agents waiting for them, and tried to turn around but were blocked in the other direction as well. Authorities seizing the money and collecting identification from the men, saying they were stopped by customs officials by means of “risk profiling.”
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