On Monday, the parents of a Swiss jihadist appeared in court charged with financing terrorism. They were accused of sending more than CHF 50,000 to their son while he was in Syria, reported RTS.

Switzerland’s federal prosecutor accused the man’s 70 year old father and 60 year old mother of funding terrorism. The prosecutor described the CHF 50,000 sum as an enormous amount of money. CHF 40,000 to CHF 50,000 at that time in Syria was enough to buy buildings.

The 29 year old son of the accused left Geneva bound for Syria in 2015 to join the terrorist group islamic state. His…