Ten people are now on Somalia's national financial sanctions list, placed there by the country's National Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Committee over alleged ties to Al-Shabaab financing and support. The committee made the announcement on Tuesday from Mogadishu.
The move signals that Somali authorities are taking a harder domestic stance on the money networks that keep the militant group operating. Financial sanctions are a key tool in cutting off the flow of funds to armed groups, freezing assets and restricting economic activity for those named on such lists.
No further details about the identities of the ten individuals or the specific nature of their alleged involvement have been released publicly, at least not yet. What happens next with these cases will be telling.
Originally published by AllAfrica.