Gulf States Took Measures to Curb Terror Financing
A US official acknowledged the laws and regulations
adopted by Arab Gulf countries to counter terrorism.
The State Department official told Asharq Al-Awsat
that Gulf countries were achieving “major” progress in combating terror
financing through a wide range of measures.
He also noted that they have put on trial terrorists
and their financiers.
In 2017, the US and six Gulf countries established
the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center that is aimed at building capabilities
to target terror financing networks, continued the official.
In October 2017 and May 2018, the center blacklisted
terrorist enablers and financers, including individuals affiliated with the
Hezbollah shura council, ISIS and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, he added.
The State Department said that the Gulf countries
have adopted laws that criminalize the financing of terrorism.
These laws have been greatly effective in curbing
terrorist activities.
