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In a revelation that has sent shockwaves through the community, retired Seattle Police Department detective, Glenn Kerns, has shed light on a massive Somali fraud campaign that he investigated during his 14-year tenure on a federal Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF). Kerns has detailed a complex and sophisticated money network operated by Somalis, spanning from Seattle to Minneapolis. The network reportedly routed significant amounts of cash on commercial flights from the Seattle airport to hawala networks in Somalia. In one year alone, Kerns discovered that one of these networks sent $20 million abroad. The magnitude of the money involved in this operation has left many stunned and questioning the extent of such activities…