US to Seize Assets of Kenyan Woman Linked to Global Terror Group ISIS

The US has imposed sanctions against a Kenyan national linked to a global terrorist organization, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

The US accuses Halima Adan Ali of moving millions of cash internationally for the terrorist group.

The Treasury Department says the Kenyan woman is part of a network that wired over $150,000 (Sh15 million) through the hawala system to Isis fighters in Syria, Libya, and central Africa.

The Department also claims Halima recruited fighters for the Somalia-based terror group Al-Shabaab and has previously been arrested twice by Kenyan police.

The US will move to seize any assets belonging to Ms. Halima and bar American citizens from financial dealings with her. She has been sanctioned alongside seven other suspects based in Europe.

“Treasury is dedicated to ensuring the enduring defeat of ISIS by cutting off all remaining sources of their terror funding around the globe,” says Sigal Mandelker, the department’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.

In September last year, the US US imposed sanctions on another Kenyan, Waleed Ahmed Zein, who is also accused of running a global financial network in support of Isis.

A US Treasury Department official described Zein as “a dangerous terrorist who established an intricate global network of financial facilitators for Isis, using intermediaries to evade police and fund their deadly ambitions.”