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WhatsApp chat used to send cash for crime and extremism

A WhatsApp group chat was used to send hundreds of millions of euros in cash around the world, funding organised crime and extremism with no paper trail, an investigation by European broadcasters has found.

The 532-member group chat, called “Traders of Greater Europe”, was used to arrange cash transfers across borders for their clients, including to British cities such as Birmingham and London.

In one case, payments from Brussels went to militants from the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria.

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