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Europe Press. January 6, 2023
The United States and Turkey announced joint sanctions this Thursday against a network that allegedly provided financial support to the Islamic State.
The US Treasury Department has explained that the sanctions imposed concern four individuals and two companies that are allegedly related to the management and distribution of funds for the terrorist organization in Iraq and Syria, according to a statement.
For its part, the Turkish Ministry of Finance will implement a freeze on the assets of the designated members to "drain the financial resources of all terrorist organizations," according to the Anatolia news agency.
The Undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Brian Nelson, has stated that this action is the result "of close collaboration and collaboration with Turkish partners to attack Islamic State activity in the region."
"Today's action reaffirms the Treasury's commitment to degrading the Islamic State's ability to operate globally," added Nelson, in the same line as the Turkish authorities, emphasizing that Ankara "would continue to take effective measures to prevent the financing of terrorism.
These sanctions target Abd Al Hamid Salim Ibrahim Ismail Brukan al Jatuni, an Iraqi citizen living in Turkey, as well as his two sons and their companies – Wadi Alrrafidayn and Sham Express – money services businesses.
Likewise, Lu'ay Jasim Hammadi al Juburi, who would have been a member of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, is being sanctioned for having provided financing to the three men mentioned above.
The United States and Türkiye sanction an alleged financial network linked to the Islamic State
As a result of the measures, the assets of the people and entities they own are blocked in the United States and Turkey. In addition, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control can prohibit the opening of a bank account in the country's financial institutions.