(NL Times) Former member of the Hofstad group and convicted terrorist Samir A. helped at least 12 women who are on the national terrorism sanction list escape from ISIS camps in Syria, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) said in the court in Rotterdam on Thursday, NU.nl reports.
The OM said that the women are or were on the terrorism sanction list because they were suspected of involvement in terrorist activities. That was why their assets were frozen, and the financial support A. gave them can therefore be characterized as financing terrorism. “Samir A. played a crucial role in the escapes,” the OM said. “He is part of an international network of smugglers and his actions keep these women out of sight of governments and allow them to return unseen to their country of origin or move freely in Syria and rejoin ISIS.”
