(NL Times) Samir A., a convicted member of terrorist organization Hofstadgroep, was arrested in Rotterdam at the end of June on suspicion of terrorism financing, his lawyer Tamara Buruma said to NOS. He is suspected of raising money for women and children in ISIS territory and is still in custody, she said.
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) suspects A. of sending money to women “who traveled [to] the Middle East to participate in violent jihad.” He took the money from these women’s family and acquaintances and sent it to them in the Middle East through others, including another man also arrested at the end of June, the OM believes. At this stage, A. is charged with violating the Sanctions Act, money laundering, and hawala banking — a form of unlicensed banking.
