Four Durban men were named by the US Treasury on Monday as allegedly being part of an Isis cell in South Africa. Four companies linked to the men have also been added to US sanctions lists, as part of a US crackdown on the alleged emergence of Africa as a key site of Isis renewal.
Financiers of extremist groups are slipping through the law enforcement cracks amid suspicions and accusations that the country is part of a vast network of terrorist cells.
The US Treasury division says Isis branches in Africa relied on local "fundraising schemes" such as theft, extortion of local populations and kidnapping for ransom as well as financial support from the Isis hierarchy.
The US Treasury division says Isis branches in Africa relied on local "fundraising schemes" such as theft, extortion of local populations and kidnapping for ransom as well as financial support from the Isis hierarchy.