5 Dec 2005
http://indiamonitor.com/news/readNews.jsp?ni=9566
David E Kaplan
"Growing numbers of terrorist groups have come to rely on the tactics and profits of organized criminal activity to finance their operations across the globe. An inquiry by U.S. News, based on interviews with counterterrorism and law enforcement officials from six countries, has found that terrorists worldwide are transforming their operating cells into criminal gangs."