By Caryn Dolley
The United States has sanctioned four alleged Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) and Isis-Mozambique (Isis-M) facilitators based in South Africa allegedly linked to recruitment, robberies, kidnapping and extortion. One is a KwaZulu-Natal-based businessman previously flagged when the focus was on an alleged Isis ‘training facility’ after a mosque attack in that province.
‘Isis members and associates in South Africa are playing an increasingly central role in facilitating the transfer of funds from the top of the Isis hierarchy to branches across Africa.”
This is the alarming warning from the Office of Foreign Assets Control that falls under the US Department of the Treasury…