US Imposes Sanctions on 20 Individuals and 29 Firms in Maldives Over Terror Links


The United States has designated 20 individuals and 29 companies as being operatives and facilitators for the terror groups, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Qa’ida in the Indian Ocean state of Maldives.

The announcement by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) stated that several of the individuals designed have planned or carried out attacks that targeted journalists and local authorities.

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Source: The Wire