Opinion | Sanctions Shift Focus To Transnational Terror 'Control Rooms'

The question facing governments is no longer simply which branch or individual should be sanctioned, but which relationships allow the wider network to survive

International efforts to confront transnational terror networks have entered a new phase, targeting the leadership centres responsible for managing, financing and coordinating the structures that enabled their operations across multiple countries.

The US Treasury’s July 23 action against Mahmoud al-Abyari, a senior Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader based in the United Kingdom, is a case in point. Authorities designated al-Abyari alongside three individuals and three entities it accused of providing material support to Hamas, describing a “multi-layered typology" in which Muslim Brotherhood affiliates and Hamas-directed front organisations used charitable structures and underground banking networks to move and disguise funds across jurisdictions.

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The targets occupy different positions in that alleged architecture. Al-Abyari, whom authorities identified as secretary-general of the Muslim Brotherhood, was accused of supporting fundraising for two previously sanctioned organisations that Washington links to Hamas. Treasury separately identified two fundraising charities and a Türkiye-based company that it said transferred hundreds of thousands of........

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