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raising money through contributions. All of the businesses
can be used for the placement of laundered funds, and most
can be used to integrate money as well.
Income from legitimate business, some of which may actu-
ally be reported to the taxing authorities, can be funneled
directly into PIRA coffers or routed through banks or shell
corporations, just as a money launderer would do. There is
substantial intelligence that al Qaeda, too, relies on legitimate
business as part of its nancial schemes; the aspirin factory in
Sudan that President Clinton ordered bombed was supposed
to have been connected with Osama bin Laden’s outt. Osama
himself is supposed to be