Former TSA agents expose a stunning billion-dollar cash smuggling operation where Somali men routinely transported suitcases filled with millions through US airports, potentially funneling taxpayer fraud proceeds to the terrorist group Al-Shabaab.
Story Highlights
- TSA whistleblowers witnessed $1 billion in cash smuggled through Minneapolis airport over five years
- Somali men traveled in pairs carrying suitcases of cash, documented by law enforcement but consistently waived through
- Cash movements allegedly linked to $9 billion Minnesota social services fraud scheme
- Intelligence sources claim Minnesota taxpayers are now the largest funders of Al-Shabaab terrorists
TSA Agents Break Silence on Cash Smuggling Networks
Former TSA agents at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport report witnessing weekly occurrences of Somali men transporting massive amounts of cash in carry-on luggage during a five-year period. The whistleblowers estimate approximately $1 billion passed through security checkpoints, with law enforcement officers documenting each incident but consistently allowing the suspicious travelers to proceed without investigation. These revelations expose a systematic failure in airport security protocols that potentially enabled the largest terrorism financing operation on American soil.
The cash smuggling operation involved pairs of Somali men carrying suitcases packed with bundled currency, often in denominations suggesting recent acquisition from financial institutions. One particularly alarming incident involved a suitcase containing brand new passports alongside the cash. Phoenix airport sources report ongoing activity, with one individual holding a Minnesota driver’s license flying every 7-10 days carrying approximately $250,000, claiming to courier remittances to Somalia via Dubai.
Minnesota Fraud Scheme Fuels Terror Network
The cash movements directly correlate with Minnesota’s unprecedented $9 billion social services fraud, where shell companies and fake daycare facilities siphoned federal taxpayer funds intended for legitimate programs. This massive theft, occurring under Governor Tim Walz’s watch, involved fraudulent payments to inactive facilities linked to Somali networks. The stolen amount nearly matches Somalia’s entire 2024 GDP of under $12 billion, illustrating the staggering scale of American taxpayer exploitation.
Intelligence sources inform City Journal that “the largest funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer,” establishing a direct connection between domestic fraud and international terrorism. Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda affiliate responsible for killing more US citizens than other branches of the terror network, benefits from this sophisticated money laundering scheme. The physical export of cash through airport smuggling represents the final link in converting stolen American social services funds into terrorist financing.
Government Complicity Enables Terror Financing
The TSA whistleblower accounts reveal systematic government negligence or potential complicity in allowing these cash movements to continue unchecked. Despite law enforcement documentation and obvious red flags, security personnel consistently permitted the suspicious travelers to proceed without investigation. This pattern suggests either institutional corruption or dangerous political correctness preventing proper security enforcement when dealing with specific ethnic communities.
🚨TSA whistleblowers reveal Somali men smuggling $ BILLIONS in cash via US airports, linked to MN fraud funding Al-Shabaab https://t.co/QGITiNuhWh Citizen journalists face “harassment” accusations & Dem cover-ups.
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Minnesota’s $18 billion in federal social services funding since 2018 created opportunities for unprecedented fraud exploitation, with citizen journalists uncovering millions in payments to empty facilities. The FBI acknowledges these cases represent merely “the tip of the iceberg,” with one investigation alone involving $110 million in fraudulent claims. This systematic exploitation undermines both national security and taxpayer trust in legitimate social safety net programs designed to help truly vulnerable populations.
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Watch: TSA Whistleblowers Expose Somali Cash Smuggling Operations At US Airports
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