Even as South Africa earns praise for battling jihadists in Mozambique, it is also gaining a reputation as a hub and money-laundering centre for jihadists from across the continent
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskThe violent jihadist insurgency that has engulfed the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado since 2017 had claimed perhaps 3,200 lives by the middle of 2021. Yet it attracted little outside attention until a year ago, when the militants swept into the coastal town of Palma, where they killed dozens of people, including several foreigners, and halted progress on a huge gas project.
Yet even as South Africa earns praise for battling jihadists in Mozambique, it is also gaining a reputation as a hub and money-laundering centre for jihadists from across the continent. In March America’s Treasury imposed sanctions on four people in South Africa accused of raising money and recruiting foractivities and branches across Africa.
Take Farhad Hoomer, a businessman from the coastal city of Durban. America’s Treasury slapped sanctions on him, alleging that he had established and led anin Congo. It claimed that he funded his cell by raising more than 1m rand through extortion and kidnapping. He denies the allegations.
Cutting these financial cords will not be easy. South Africa’s security institutions are poorly run, under-resourced, riddled with corruption and infiltrated by criminals. The Financial Action Task Force, a money-laundering watchdog, says South Africa has “failed to demonstrate that it is effectively identifying, investigating or prosecuting terrorist financiers”. One frustrated South African cop following themoney trail says his bosses have ignored most of the cases he has sent them.
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