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floki says

^^^^^
I guarenteed every country knew about it and still brought them in.

Why?

Federal Investigators Uncover ‘Massive’ Somali Cash-Smuggling Pipeline

According to officials with the Department of Homeland Security, agents have identified Transportation Security Administration detections totaling roughly $136 million in bulk cash moving through John Glenn Columbus International Airport since November 2023.

Homeland Security officials told Just the News that TSA officers repeatedly flagged U.S. citizens of Somali origin departing Columbus with large amounts of declared cash packed into checked luggage.

The travelers were typically bound for Minneapolis or Atlanta.

From there, investigators believe the money followed a familiar and now-alarming route.

“Typically, when they go to Minneapolis, they drop off the cash and then a subsequent courier travels abroad from Minneapolis to Dubai through Amsterdam,” one official involved in the probe said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Federal agents now believe the Columbus operation is just one spoke feeding a much larger wheel of a national cash-movement network pulling money from Somali communities across the West, Midwest, and South before consolidating it in Minneapolis and exporting it overseas.

That suspicion is backed by staggering numbers.

TSA data reviewed by investigators shows nearly $700 million in cash leaving Minneapolis-area airports during 2024 and 2025 alone, frequently destined for Amsterdam and onward to Dubai, where U.S. authorities largely lose visibility.

Officials said the amounts moved through Minnesota dwarfed cash detections at major international hubs like JFK, Seattle, or Atlanta by 90 to 99 times.

Despite routine TSA flags during the Biden administration, officials acknowledged there was little appetite to aggressively pursue the money trail until President Donald Trump returned to office.