OFAC Sanctions People, Entities Linked to Al-Shabaab Terrorist Group
The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week sanctioned 26 people and entities with ties to the terrorist group al-Shabaab, including 15 “financial facilitators and operatives,” four smugglers of charcoal from Somalia and seven of their associated companies. OFAC said…
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the designations target “key regional leaders, affiliates, and members” of the terrorist group in Somalia. Among those sanctioned are al-Shabaab commanders, an intelligence officer, a donations collector and various charcoal traders and their companies.