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World Service,12 Jun 2014,28 mins

Sources of funding for Iraq's ISIS Islamist militants

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As the Islamist militant group ISIS threatens to march on Iraq's capital, Baghdad, we analyse the sources of the group's funding and how it is affecting the oil industry. Traders caught rigging the currency markets face jail, under a crackdown due to be announced by Britain's finance minister. We will reflect on how allegations of price-fixing in the foreign exchange markets have led to the suspension of traders at some of the world's biggest banks. Plus as football fans are ready for the long awaited kick off of the World Cup in Brazil today, businesses are poised for the soccer frenzy. But has all the criticism about public money hosting the tournament affected opportunities for Brazilian ?

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