US slaps sanctions against Dawood's brother Anis, aide
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The US on Friday slapped
sanctions against two Indians, including a brother of underworld don
Dawood Ibrahim, and a Pakistan-based paper company for their ties with
the D-company. Designation of two longtime members of D-company,
Shaikh Anis Ibrahim Kaskar — the brother of Dawood Ibrahim — and Aziz
Moosa Bilakhia, comes less than a fortnight before US President Barack
Obama’s visit to India.
Anis is involved in narcotics, extortion, contract killings and money laundering on behalf of D-company. He is also accused of involvement in the 1993 Mumbai blasts. The US also targeted Mehran Paper Mill, a Pakistan-based paper company owned or controlled by Ibrahim.
Bilakhia works directly for Anis and Dawood and manages extortion, enforcement and debt collection activities for Dcompany. Bilakhia has been involved with D-company since at least the 1993 Mumbai bombings, for which he is wanted by Indian authorities, the US said in a statement.
The US and India in a joint statement after the September 30 meeting between PM Narendra Modi and Obama had pledged cooperation in curbing the activities of Pakistanbased Dawood Ibrahim.
“Today, the US is targeting D-company, a violent organization notorious for its drug trafficking activities and terrorism,” said Adam J Szubin, director of the office of foreign assets control. “We (the US) will continue to expose the activities of D-company and the underpinnings of criminal financial networks worldwide,” he said.
Anis is involved in narcotics, extortion, contract killings and money laundering on behalf of D-company. He is also accused of involvement in the 1993 Mumbai blasts. The US also targeted Mehran Paper Mill, a Pakistan-based paper company owned or controlled by Ibrahim.
Bilakhia works directly for Anis and Dawood and manages extortion, enforcement and debt collection activities for Dcompany. Bilakhia has been involved with D-company since at least the 1993 Mumbai bombings, for which he is wanted by Indian authorities, the US said in a statement.
The US and India in a joint statement after the September 30 meeting between PM Narendra Modi and Obama had pledged cooperation in curbing the activities of Pakistanbased Dawood Ibrahim.
“Today, the US is targeting D-company, a violent organization notorious for its drug trafficking activities and terrorism,” said Adam J Szubin, director of the office of foreign assets control. “We (the US) will continue to expose the activities of D-company and the underpinnings of criminal financial networks worldwide,” he said.
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