G20 Summit: PM Modi moots initiative to curb drug-terror funding nexus

The proposal is aimed at controlling drug trafficking, which is a threat to public health, stability and security, and bringing together financial governance and security tools for effective actions and target a major source of terror financing. The drug-terror nexus has fuelled terrorism in Africa, while in South Asia, the Pakistan Army and ISI have facilitated proceeds from drug trafficking to fund terrorism. The US has sanctioned individuals and organisations involved in supplying illicit fentanyl and its precursor chemicals.