US sanctions 2 Trinis for funding ISIS

The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated and sanctioned two T&T nationals  - an Emraan Ali and one Eddie Aleong - as financiers of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terror network.
In a release, the US Department of the Treasury revealed, "As of January 2017, a Trinidadian ISIS supporter possibly planned to work with Eddie Aleong, to transfer funds to Emraan Ali, who would then provide the funds to Trinidadian ISIS fighters in Syria."
As a result of yesterday's action, all property and interests in property of the two men, subject to US jurisdiction are blocked and US persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them."
OFAC's sanction action was pursuant to its executive orders which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism.
The department stated that while coalition efforts have led to the collapse of ISIS’s self-declared caliphate, the Treasury continues to aggressively target financiers supporting the terrorist group’s radical agenda. 
"We are sanctioning individuals involved in financial facilitation to obstruct and deter ISIS financial operations in regions across the world,” said Sigal Mandelker, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.
“Our actions coincide with the 10th meeting of the Counter-ISIS Finance Group (CIFG), which includes 52 countries and international organizations committed to disrupting critical sources of ISIS revenue to permanently prevent ISIS from accessing the international financial system.”
Today's designations of the two Trini nationals was part of Treasury and the broader US government’s ongoing and concerted efforts to disrupt ISIS-related financial activities around the globe, the department added.
Throughout this year, the Departments of the Treasury and State targeted ISIS branches, facilitators and networks in Bangladesh, Iraq, Somalia, the Philippines, and across West and North Africa, it added.

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