Terrorist Financing Targeting Center Designates ISIS Facilitators in Africa

WASHINGTON – Today, the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) announced joint designations of three ISIS facilitators in Africa. The individuals being designated have served as key ISIS financiers and operatives, facilitating the activities of the terrorist group and its leaders operating across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Somalia, and South Africa. This is the eighth round of joint designations by the TFTC.“Today’s joint action underscores our shared commitment to disrupting the ability of ISIS and other terrorist groups to access the international financial system wherever they seek to operate,” said Acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Bradley T. Smith.