Transnational Threats Update January 2003 - Vol. 1, No. 5

In this issue:


-  Iraq and Abu Sayyaf
-  Exporting the Terror Thriving in Algeria’s Bloody Civil War
-  The Chechen Connection
-  Al Qaeda and Yemen
-  Al Qaeda and Tonga
-  Singapore’s Jemaah Islamiah (JI) Leader Arrested in Bintan
-  Efforts to Curb Hawala Networks Bound to Fail According to IMF Specialist
-  U.S. Task Force that Tracks Down Terror Financiers to Nearly Double in Size
-  Turkish Mafia Arrests in England
-  Illegal Immigration from Mexico Becoming More Lucrative and Violent
-  Mexican Government: New Approach to Fighting Corruption in the Drug War