Smatralo se da je ona dobivala veliki dio sredstava za svoje finansiranje od ilegalne trgovine narkoticima, te da je održavala veze s al-Kaidom, terorističkom mrežom Osame bin Ladena.
It was believed to have received much of its funding from narcotics trafficking, and to have maintained links with Osama bin Laden's terror network, al-Qaeda.