US imposes sanctions against Maldives ‘terrorist leader’
Mohamed Ameen was described as “key leader for ISIS.”
12 Sep 2019, 9:00 AM
The United States on Tuesday designated a Maldivian as a “terrorist leader” for the first time and imposed targeted sanctions against the 35-year-old man.
Mohamed Ameen was described as a recruiter for ISIS-Khorasan, a branch of the militant group Islamic State, and a “key leader for ISIS in Syria, Afghanistan, and the Maldives [who] used to direct terrorist fighters to Syria, but now sends them to Afghanistan.”
As of April 2019, Ameen was “actively engaged in leading ISIS recruitment” in the Maldives, according to a press release from the US Treasury Department.
“Ameen’s subordinates were holding roughly 10 recruitment sessions per week under the guise of Islamic classes at several Malé, Maldives-based locations, including Ameen’s home. Ameen and his group continued to recruit on behalf of ISIS from various Maldivian criminal gangs,” it added.
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