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Source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4149990,00.html
Iranian Drug Ring Funding Terror
(Ynet News) Dudi Cohen - The revenues of an Iranian-run global narcotics network are being transferred to terrorist organizations, the London Times reported Friday. Members of the Revolutionary Guard took over the smuggling of heroin, opium and methamphetamines, and are using the revenues - estimated to reach dozens of billions of dollars - to build a solid support base for global crime networks and terror organizations acting against the West. The Iranians are using ships and planes to transport drugs to Albania, Bulgaria and Romania, and from there to western Europe. The revenues are used to fund Iranian military projects, including the development of missiles and weaponry, but are mostly aimed at "exporting the Islamic revolution."