OFAC Issues Terrorism-Related Sanctions
The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Bah Ag Moussa for acting on behalf of a West African terrorist group and its leader, Treasury said in a July 16 press release. OFAC designated Moussa as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist for working with the group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), which was so designated in 2018, Treasury said.
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Moussa headed a “terrorist operation” in March against Malian Armed Forces in Mali that killed more than 20 soldiers, Treasury said. Moussa is also a “close associate” of Iyad ag Ghali, the leader of JNIM and a terrorist sanctioned by the United Nations and the U.S. Treasury also said it is sanctioning Ali Maychou -- a Moroccan national living in Mali -- as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, but did not give further details.