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Saudi Arabia places 13 people and three groups on its terrorist list
The National reported, that Saudi Arabia on Monday (June 6) designated 13 people and three entities as terrorists. The kingdom said those on the list are involved in financing terrorist groups.
A statement from Saudi Arabia’s state news agency SPA said: “The Terrorist Financing Targeting Centre member states jointly designate 13 individuals and three entities affiliated with different terrorist organisations."
The TFTC is a collaborative approach established in 2017 by Gulf states and the US aimed at confronting new and evolving threats arising from financing terrorism.
Accordig to The National, three people were linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, four people and one company linked to ISIS, while six financiers were identified as having ties to Boko Haram and two terrorist groups Saraya Al Ashtar and Saraya Al Mukht.
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The designation marks the five-year anniversary of the TFTC, a multilateral body created to strengthen co-operation among seven countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and the US – to disrupt terrorist-financing networks and related activities of mutual concern.
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The SPA said: "The Centre will continue to co-ordinate its actions and efforts to disrupt terror financing and financial intelligence sharing."
"It will also build capacity of member states in order to target activities that pose a threat to the national security of centre members."
Source: thenational
