America is interested, where did the militants have so many Toyota

The US Department of the Treasury has requested information from Toyota about where militants of the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS) got such a large number of jeeps and trucks from this automaker, as demonstrated in Islamist propaganda videos. About it reported news agency ABC News.

IG video clips very often show fighters patrolling the streets of Syrian cities on the all-new white Toyota Hilux pickups, passing by on shiny brown Toyota Land Cruisers or loading weapons to Toyota Tacoma. More than two thirds of the militants' cars are constantly being the cars of this particular company.

The US authorities asked representatives of the concern to more carefully check the chains of international deliveries of their cars, especially among sales related to the Middle East.

The automaker, in response to a request from Washington, stated that it does not have the slightest idea about how terrorists obtain cars. “No automaker can fully control the distribution of its vehicles, which can be appropriated, stolen or resold to third parties,” Toyota spokesman Ed Lewis said.

“Toyota has a strict policy of not selling vehicles to potential buyers who could use them for military or terrorist activities,” Lewis continued. “We have clear procedures and contractual obligations that help prevent our vehicles from being used for unauthorized military purposes.”

The US Treasury did not comment on exactly what information it requested from the automaker, but confirmed that it would continue to make maximum efforts in order to find out the sources of IG financing.

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