State Department in collaboration with State department of treasury has listed a Kenyan woman as one of seven most dangerous people across the world financing terror activities across the Middle East and Africa.

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Ms Halima Ali, a Kenyan national, is accused of having several links to Europe and United States where she launders money to finance the militants. She is claimed to be chief financier of Islamic States of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

According to treasury, which has since blocked most of channels of finance associated to her, she has been using the Hawala system to receive money and is said to have mobilised over Sh15 million in the last two years.

Through its Treasury department, the US has slapped sanctions on 33-year-old Halima Adan Ali, whom it describes as “an Islamic State facilitator based in Kenya with establishments of financial facilitation network that operated in Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and Eastern Africa”.

“Halima Adan Ali (Halima) was designated for assisting in, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, or technological support for, or financial or other services to, or in support of, ISIS,” read a statement by the department.

To defeat the militants, Treasury noted, blocking the financial channels was essential. Ms Ali was linked to training and recruitment of Al-Shabaab fighters in Kenya and has since been under police surveillance.

“Treasury is dedicated to ensuring the enduring defeat of ISIS by cutting off all remaining sources of their terror funding around the globe,” Sigal Mandelker, undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement.

But her lawyer Chacha Mwita, insists that such claims have been made against her before but failed to materialise. He also says ATPU has been summoned to explain why the case linked to her has failed to take off, adding that he's ready to face the US.

“Whoever is making those claims should come forward and justify them. Similar claims have been made before but they have been unable to justify them. We have an ongoing case in Nairobi which has stalled because the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) boss had been summoned to come and explain why the case cannot take off,” said Mr Mwita.