Al-Shabaab Mafia Inc.: Uncovering the Hidden Economy of the Wealthiest Global Terrorist in Africa

This study examines Al-Shabaab's overall economy based on conducting an appraisal of the existing research including published reports by the UN and forensic auditing analysis to identify gaps in actual projected Al-Shabaab revenue what is estimated vs what their actual revenue by invigorating neglected revenue sources such as Hashis revenue, weapons, drug and human smuggling, gold mining and trade, livestock, and farming extortion, custom revenue both inland and ports and realistic illegal...