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Archaeological scavagers and thieves isis-issued permits to dig. >> we can see from the satellite photographs, for example, that it is industrial-scale looting. >> reporter: matthew levitt studies isis financing for thener east policy. the fact that stolen antiquities shows success in containing other sources of isis cash, but the terror group, he says, is resilient. >> as oil revenues drop or get hampered, the hunt for antiquities and smuggling and permit issuing increases. >> think of it as squeezing a balloon not hard enough to pop it, but hard enough to squeeze it. if you squeeze it here, ...

>> reporter: michael dante consults for the state department on what he sees as isis's systemic looting of the middle east's ancient past. >> they actively promote looting among their fighters as a way to generate income for the organization. they don't make this is a secret. it's done brazenly, very overtly. >> reporter: if february, isis destroyed statues a at the mow sewell. in october, it was the 1,800-year-old arch blown up. images that caused worldwide condemnation. but there's something isis isn't showing you, and that's what it's keeping and selling. this hercules is a museum piece. th...

Terror and national security will be the main topic at tuesday night's republican debate in las vegas and as you can see, it is still a pretty large field of gop candidates right there. joining me right now, larry sabado, director of the university of politics for virginia. so larry, trump leading with voters on the issue of terrorism, according to polling. what did the others on stage, really, what do all of the candidates need to say, how do they need to establish themselves as it pertains to national security with isis and other terrorist threats being global throats? >> well, fred, the obv...

Isis remains the best-funded terrorist group in history with an estimated income of $1 million to $2 million a day. a cnn money investigation finds the bulk of that money comes from stealing, taxing, or forcing bribes from location populations along with oil smuggling. but the terror group is increasingly turning to an age-old source of cash in the middle east. the stealing and smuggling of ancient antiquities. drew griffin has more. >> reporter: the evidence is already popping up, unsolicited, on computer screens and cell phones across the world. pictures like these, offering ancient antiquit...

Or libraries or private collections. low items that can fetch thousands to tens of thousands of dollars and flow across old smuggling routes without much trouble. >> you could easily put this inside of a laptop bag. >> this collection could be walking out of syria right now if it hasn't already. >> with antiquities, a single trafficker can walk across the border, slip through a hole in the turkish border fence, empty their pockets, and make $40,000 or $50,000 on the antiquities they've carried across. >> reporter: last may, u.s. special forces raided a syrian outpost and killed an isis leader ...