'Islamist' Sometimes NATO Ally Turkey guts cash screening at customs. HT: MoneyJihad.
Turkey has revised its customs regulations to the point where one Turkish headline described it as “Unlimited cash entry into Turkey now legalized.”
Turkey said the regulations are an improvement compared to the old policy, but experts contacted by Al-Monitor said there was nothing wrong with the previous regulations.
What’s so problematic about this development is that Turkey has been used as a key transit point for money and fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. And that was when there were at least some nominal controls at customs points. Now it appears to be open season.
The other rotten element of this story is that Turkey appears to have waited to change these regulations until just after they came off of the international financial watchdog FATF’s grey list.
It’s as though they knew they couldn’t get de-listed with regulations like these, so the bided their time. Hmmm......Turkey has been all along the 'lifeline' of Iran with 'approval' of the Obama 'admin'.Read the full story here.
Related: Turkey overflowing with $36 billion in mystery funds
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