US reveals 36-year-old ISIS financier in Lagos

The United States has designated Muhammad Mukhtar Adamu as an ISIS financial facilitator, accusing him and several related Bureau de Change (BDC) operatives of using their businesses as conduits to move and transfer funds for ISIS in West Africa.
The US Departments of State and Treasury have released details regarding this network. The sanctioned individual
Muhammad Mukhtar Adamu: Born in August 1990, Adamu resides in the Agege area of ​​Lagos, Nigeria. He was designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) for facilitating financial operations for ISIS in West Africa.
Related Companies and BDCs
Adamu’s financial network operates through three main business entities in Nigeria: *General Currency Bureau De Change Limited: Headquartered in Lagos (established January 2019).
*Manhattan Bureau De Change: located on Murtala Muhammad Way, Kano (established January 2021)
*Nine to Nine Exchange Office: Located at the FAAN Complex, Airport Road, Lagos (opened August 2017).
Wider crackdowns in the United States and Nigeria
The designation is part of a larger, coordinated U.S. effort to dismantle ISIS’s global funding networks in Europe, the Middle East and West Africa.
In addition to U.S. actions, the Nigerian government has actively targeted other terrorist financiers.
Local authorities have previously frozen the assets of individuals and business networks involved in laundering funds for rebel groups.