How does ETA finance its activities? ETA conducts kidnappings for ransom, robs banks, traffics in drugs, and extorts money from businesses in Basque areas, experts say. Following the September 11 attacks, the United States and the European Union moved to freeze ETA's assets, which experts say may have put a damper on their activities. - See more at: http://www.novinite.com/articles/32069/What+is+ETA%3F#sthash.gYFNwBix.dpuf