Friday May 17, 2024
Mogadishu (HOL) - The Banadir regional court in Mogadishu
sentenced a 70-year-old man to seven years in prison and fined him $3,000 on
Thursday for money laundering and financing the al-Shabab group.
The 70-year-old man, named Ali Hussein Isaac, was accused of
transferring half a million dollars from his private account to al-Shabab
militants.
The chairman of the Banadir regional court, Saleh Daban, said
that the court divided the sentence into two parts: four years in prison for
funding the group and three years for money laundering and Isaac was fined $3,000.
Since last year, the Somali government has intensified
efforts to target the financial infrastructure supporting the Islamist militant
group al-Shabab. Hundreds of bank accounts and militant-connected mobile phones
have been closed down during this period.