Iran is new transit point for Somali charcoal in illicit trade taxed by militants: U.N. report

  FILE PHOTO: A Somalian soldier walks past a consignment of charcoal destined for the export market in Barawe October 12, 2014. REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA)/File Photo UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Criminal networks are using Iran as a transit point for illicit Somali charcoal exports that earn Islamist militants al Shabaab millions of dollars annually in … Continue reading Iran is new transit point for Somali charcoal in illicit trade taxed by militants: U.N. report