The U.S. Treasury on December 22 2021 has sanctioned the members of the al-Qa’ida support network in Brazil and their companies.
Highlighting the status of the group as a “pervasive global threat”, the Under Secretary of the Treasury Brian E. Nelson in the press release published by the Treasury, reiterated the U.S. commitment to limit the financial support networks of the terrorist group.
The treasury has 300 al-Qa’ida affiliated individuals and companies in its designations list.
The Treasury sanctioned Haytham Ahmad Shukri Ahmad Al-Maghrabi, who arrived in Brazil in 2015, and is in charge of purchasing foreign currency and was involved in business dealings with another affiliated individual in the country. Al-Maghabi reported to and acted as the Brazil contact of Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali who was designated as a SDGT back in 2001.
Mohamed Sherif Mohamed Mohamed Awadd (Awadd) entered the country in 2018 and later that year played a significant role in the affiliated group, responsible for printing counterfeit currency. Awadd is known to be the only shareholder of the furniture company Home Elegance Comercio de Moveis EIRELI in Sao Paulo. Alonside Awadd, the company whose management he is a part of, has also been sanctioned.
Ahmad Al-Khatib, who is known for providing financial, material or tech support to the designated terrorist Mohamed Ahmed Elsayed Ahmed Ibrahim was also among the designated.
Al-Khatib is the sole shareholder and one of the managers of the Sao Paulo based furniture enterprise Enterprise Comercio de Moveis e Intermediacao de Negocios EIRELI.
