Minneapolis airport still flying millions in cash possibly tied to terrorism

Millions of dollars in cash, including large sums believed to be funding foreign terrorists, continue to fly out of the Minneapolis airport annually, according to lawmakers investigating the money funneling schemes.

Republican Minnesota state Rep. Kristin Robbins, chairwoman of the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, told the Washington Examiner that these cash-smuggling operations have been moving massive volumes of money via the state’s busiest airport for years.

But the $350 million flown out of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in 2025 marked a record-high haul, a steady rise from the $343 million in 2024 and more than triple the $75 million identified back in 2000.

Robbins said the amount of money exiting through MSP, although only the country’s 16th largest airport, is far higher than the cash totals leaving other major U.S. travel hubs, including Los Angeles International Airport, New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Chicago O’Hare International