The Sunni-led group that’s swept through Iraq in recent months has amassed a fortune. Intelligence experts think it may be as much as 2 billion dollars.
Last month, it’s claimed ISIL fighters looted half a billion dollars from banks in the northern city of Mosul, though this hasn’t been independently confirmed.
For more on this issue, CCTV interviews Thomas Sanderson, co-director and senior fellow in the Centre for Strategic and International Studies Transnational Threats Project.