Iraqi National Arrested in Morocco for Allegedly Financing ISIS Fighters

Despite his use of very complex methods, the creation of fictitious companies, the opening of exchange offices, and, according to the MAP, "a complicated financial network with ramifications in several countries in Asia and the Middle East", the BNPJ (National Brigade of the Judicial Police) in cooperation with the DGST (General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance) managed to arrest this Iraqi national who, from Morocco, was funding activities of the Islamic State.

According to a statement from the DGSN, the creation of fictitious companies and exchange offices were used to receive sums of money in exchange for currency. The financial network, for its part, allowed "the transfer of money abroad through a system of orders or intermediaries" in an illegal manner.

The sums collected were intended for Moroccan members of Daesh in Syria and Iraq. The DGSN also assures that the Moroccan security services are on the alert for anything related to "monitoring funds of suspicious origin and the eradication of sources of terrorist financing."

The investigation continues with the aim of identifying any possible accomplices.