Australia Designates Groups Under Counterterrorism Financing Sanctions
Australia has announced sanctions on several groups and people under its counterterrorism financing sanctions authority, including an online group linked to attacks on critical infrastructure, entities tied to Russia and a senior Hezbollah official.
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The country sanctioned Terrorgram, a group that the U.S. designated last month for acting as a terror organization and soliciting attacks on critical infrastructure and government officials (see 2501130046). Australia said Terrorgram “promotes white supremacy and racially-motivated violence,” and any Australian who does business with the group could now face criminal penalties, including up to 10 years in prison. “It is the first time any Australian Government has imposed counter-terrorism financing sanctions on an entity based entirely online,” the country said.
Australia also relisted four other entities under its counterterrorism financing sanctions authority: the National Socialist Order, the Russian Imperial Movement, Sonnenkrieg Division and The Base. The country said they “promote nationalist and racist violent extremist ideologies.”
It also sanctioned Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s new secretary-general and a leading spokesperson for the terrorist group, and relisted one person and four other entities under the sanctions authority.