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ISIS Makes Approximately $1 Million a Day

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ISIS is making approximately a million dollars a day, according to a U.S. Treasury official who spoke with CNN. Despite the high burn rate, the jihadist extremist group is funded “like no other traditional terrorist group in the past.” They make their millions through a combination of oil smuggling, organized crime efforts, and donations from wealthy sympathizers in surrounding regions.

ISIS Makes $1M a Day