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[New York] Terrorists may get money from regional, cheap cigarette smuggling ring: Ray Kelly

Some of those arrested in the bust have links to Omar Abdel-Rahman, the blind sheik, and Rashid Baz, who opened fire on a van of Yeshiva students on the Brooklyn Bridge, killing Ari Halberstam. ‘We're concerned because similar schemes have been used in t
New York Daily News
added May 18, 2013 07:48
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[New York] Arrested cigarette smuggler linked to 1994 murder of Yeshiva student Ari Halberstam on Brooklyn Bridge

an anti-Semitic livery driver has been doing time for shooting up a van full of Yeshiva students on the Brooklyn Bridge — and killing Ari Halberstam. Now cops have nabbed his “Palestinian uncle.” Muaffaq Askar has long been suspected of supplying convic
New York Daily News
added May 18, 2013 07:44
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[Maryland, New York, Virginia] Police: 2 Ocean City brothers central to cigarette smuggling ring

Basel Ramadan, 42, of Ocean City is the accused boss and ringleader of what authorities are calling an untaxed cigarette distribution enterprise. His brother, Samir Ramadan, 39, another local resident, was his right-hand man who focused on control and di
DelmarvaNow.com
added May 18, 2013 07:39
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[Virginia] Cigarette smuggling in New York has history of terrorism ties

PIX11 News reported more than eight years ago about links between cigarette smuggling and the financing of terrorism. ... he first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 was said to be partially financed by cigarette smuggling. One of the convicted b
WPIX-TV (New York, NY)
added May 18, 2013 07:27
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[New York] Officials: Cigarette-smuggling ring in East Coast may have terror link

A cigarette smuggling scheme that cost New York state millions of dollars in sales tax revenue may have raised funds for militant groups, authorities said. Sixteen Palestinian men, some with ties to convicted terrorists, were indicted Thursday in the all
CNN
added May 17, 2013 23:47
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[Maryland, New York] Terror ties alleged in Md. cigarette ring arrests

Charles Mack was in his driveway early Wednesday when he saw a car speed up to a house across the street from his on Whisper Trace Lane. Ten more black SUVs followed, with two blocking the street's ends. About 20 police officers wearing bulletproof vests
Wilmington (DE) News Journal
added May 17, 2013 23:45
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[Palestine, Maryland, New York] Ocean City cigarette smuggling ring had ties to terror groups, police say

The Palestinian immigrant and his brother lived next door to each other in homes in West Ocean City, over the years opening a number of businesses throughout the area -- three pizza shops, a Mexican restaurant, a liquor store, gas stations, and developm
Baltimore (MD) Sun
added May 17, 2013 23:44
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[New York, Virginia] Bought Cigarettes in NY? You May Have Funded Terror

Police have uncovered a cigarette-smuggling operation whose proceeds may have gone to terrorist groups, they say. Sixteen Palestinians were indicted yesterday (and all but one arrested) in the East Coast effort, which saw some 1 million cartons of cigaret
WBZT.com
added May 17, 2013 23:11
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[New York] A.G. Schneiderman & NYPD Commissioner Kelly Announce Take Down Of Massive Eastern Seaboard Unstamped Cigarette Trafficking Enterprise

During a 12-month investigation, law enforcement seized more than 65,000 forged NYC/NYS cigarette tax stamps that were not yet affixed to packs of cigarettes, and nearly 20,000 cartons of untaxed cigarettes. The investigation, which has so far uncovered
Office of New York State Attorney General
added May 17, 2013 14:26
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[New York] Officials: Virginia-NY Cigarette Smuggling Ring Has Terror Links

Investigators Trying To Determine Where Illicit Proceeds Ended Up
CBS New York - Ch. 2
added May 17, 2013 10:45
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