US authorities has imposed sanctions on an Australia-based Al-Qaeda facilitator

The United States has imposed sanctions on an Australia-based individual, Ahmed Luqman Talib, and his company for having assisted or provided support to the al-Qaeda terrorist group, the Treasury Department said on Monday.

“Today, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Australia-based al-Qa’ida-associated facilitator Ahmed Luqman Talib for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Al-Qa’ida,” the Treasury said in a statement.

“OFAC also designated one company, Talib and Sons, for being owned, controlled, or directed by Ahmed Luqman Talib,” the statement added.

Source: Sputnik News