Justin Trudeau wants the world to stop paying ransoms to terrorists

One of the primary channels through which terrorist organizations get hard cash is ransom payments for hostages. Some, like Abu Sayyaf, a group in the Philippines that aligns itself with the Islamic State and recently beheaded a Canadian hostage, have few other sources of funding, and operate almost as mercenary outfits. Abu Sayyaf has kidnapped dozens of Filipinos […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/04/28/justin-trudeau-wants-the-world-to-stop-paying-ransoms-to-terrorists/