Tag: Islamic State group

US Sanctions ISIS Financial Facilitators Accused of Child Trafficking

The United States on Monday sanctioned a network of five ISIS financial facilitators accused of assisting the terrorist group in the smuggling of children out of displaced person camps for recruitment as fighters. In a statement, the U.S. Treasury Department said the five individuals—Dwi Dahlia Susanti, Rudi Heryadi, Ari Kardian, Muhammad Dandi Adhiguna, and Dini…


Denmark Charges 3 Citizens With Planning Terror Attacks

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Danish prosecutors said Tuesday that they have charged three people with attempting to carry out acts of terrorism by acquiring bomb-making chemicals and equipment that were to be used for an attack “in an unknown place either in Denmark or abroad.” Copenhagen chief prosecutor Lise-Lotte Nilas said police foiled the plot when the two…


Norway Sentences Woman for Supporting ISIS by Being Homemaker

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—A 30-year-old Norwegian woman who was repatriated by Norway from a refugee camp in Syria because her son was sick was sentenced Tuesday to 3 1/2 years in prison by an Oslo court for participating in the ISIS terrorist group. The case was a first in Norway. Oslo District Court Judge Ingemar Nestor Nilsen…