Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) - US, #SaudiArabia #Bahrain #Kuwait #Oman #Qatar #UAE - sanctions 3 entities and 1 individual for supporting #ISIS in #Iraq & #Syria, and an #Afghanistan organization for supporting #ISIS-#Khorasan
Per @USTreasury, sanctions target "money services businesses" al Haram Exchange, Tawasul Company & al-Khalidi Exchange for "transferring funds to support #Syria-based #ISIS fighters and ... hundreds of thousands of dollars of liquidity to ISIS leadership"
Sanctions also levied against #ISIS senior financial facilitator Abd-al-Rahman
Per US, al-Rahman has "significant influence within the terrorist group ... responsibility for external ISIS transfers"
Sanction salso target #Afghanistan-based Nejaat Social Welfare Organization
"Nejaat collected donations on behalf of #ISIS-K from individuals in the Gulf & the Levant, & the money was then transferred from the Gulf to Asia...where an ISIS-K coordinator would collect" the funds
"Today’s actions target money services businesses & a charity ... all of which played a vital role in transferring funds to support #ISIS operations, including by funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to ISIS leaders in #Syria & #Iraq" per @SecPompeo
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