Seven people are arrested in Germany over their role in raising funds for the #ISIS, including for ISIS families being held in northeast Syria's camps.https://t.co/PxnSLPLhXk
— NORTH PRESS AGENCY - ENGLISH (@NPA_English) May 31, 2023
Seven people were arrested in Germany on Wednesday, May 31, over their role in raising funds for the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS), including for ISIS families being held in northeast Syria’s camps.
Four Germans, a German-Moroccan, a Kosovar, and a
The group collected funds through the encrypted messaging platform Telegram starting in 2020. They are thought to have raised 65,000 euro ($69,367).
These funds were sent to ISIS members in camps in northern Syria, including financing their escape, German prosecutors say.
Escape attempts takes place as nations still refuse to repatriate their ISIS-linked nationals from the camps and prisons run by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).
Hawl camp, the largest detention camp, houses 55.829 individuals, including 28,725 Iraqis, 18,850 Syrians and 8,254 of foreign nationalities, according to the latest statistics obtained by North Press. ISIS women within it receive tens of thousands of dollars from foreign beneficiaries each month.
The arrests were part of a nationwide swoop against ISIS financiers, including 1,000 coppers searching 90 locations across Germany.
| Update from Deutsche Welle at 1:10 pm ET: |
Searches also took place in Berlin, Bavaria, Hamburg, Hesse, Thuringia, and Lower Saxony, with a further property raided in the Netherlands.
The seven suspects were due to appear before a magistrate to determine whether they should be held in pre-trial detention.
The money is understood to have been collected through social media campaigns with titles like "Your Sister in the Camp," which have been running for several years.