Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
The Department of State is today designating Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS) and its Secretary General Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. KSS...
Terror Financing
Abukar Ali Adan
Ali Adan is designated for being deputy leader of al-Shabaab. According to Reuters, back to March 2010, he was Shabaab’s “chairman” along the border with...
Iyad Ag Ghaly
Iyad ag Ghali was leader of Ansar al-Dine (AAD), an organization operating in Mali which cooperates closely with al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Ghali...
Zaher Jabarin
Turkey-based Jabarin is the head of Hamas’s Finance Office. In this capacity, he manages Hamas’s yearly budget amounting to tens of millions of dollars, is...
Arkam Abbas Al-Kabi
Harakat Al-Nujaba (HAN) (established in 2013 by al-Kabi) is an Iran-backed Iraqi militia funded by but not under the control of the Iraqi government. HAN...
Court in Uganda confirms terrorism charges against former Guantanamo Bay inmate
The International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala, Uganda has confirmed terrorism financing charges against former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Jamal Kiyemba. Kiyemba, 44,...
Ibrahim Aqil
Ibrahim ‘Aqil, a senior Hizballah Jihad Council member, is Hizballah’s military operations commander.
Man arrested on suspicion of funding terrorism
A 50-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of funding terrorism. Officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command detained him in Wales and then transferred...
The feds must rein in crypto-financed terrorism
While regulators and policymakers dither and try to decide if cryptocurrencies have a future in the economy, early adopters, including terrorists and violent extremists, are...
US regulators accused Binance executives of joking about illegal transactions that Hamas have made
US regulators have accused Binance executives of joking in internal office chats about illegal transactions that terrorists and criminals could have made on their crypto...
DOJ hails conviction of RMP cashier on terrorist financing
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday hailed a “landmark decision” by an Iligan City court finding a cashier of the Rural Missionaries of the...
Hafiz Saeed Khan
As of early 2015, ISIL leader al-Badri (known as, al-Baghdadi) appointed Pakistani national Khan as the emir of ISIL in the Khorasan (ISIL-K)- the organization's...