Oil Continues to be ISIS' major funding source

The anti-collecting lobby's lies about the connection between the antiquities trade and the creation of terrorist group ISIS continue to be spread by the media. Meanwhile observers from the trade itself point out that the evidence for it is looking extremely shakey. Peter Tompa's research reveals that 'Oil Continues to be ISIS' major funding source'. Citing the Financial Times, he says that it is increasingly clear that there is a lot of evidence  that "hot oil" remains ISIS' main funding source. He says: "claims that looted antiquities have become the most important source of funding as the US-led coalition have degraded ISIS' ability to sell antiquties seem to have as much credibility as other claims that ISIS makes "$100's of millions" from antiquities sales". It is difficult to argue with that, but the vested interests of the archeological world will no doubt continue to cloud the issue with their propaganda. This begs the question whether facts are being distorted in order to help justify proposed legislation in Germany and the US that would create intrusive new bureaucracies to regulate the longstanding trade in cultural goods.