The United Arab Emirates Central Bank has made a first move against the financing of terrorists by closing a money exchange house and putting nine more on notice, a statement said Tuesday, October 30.
The Central Bank statement did not reveal the names of any of the exchanges but governor Sultan bin Nasser Al-Suwaidi told reporters last week that $100,000 transferred by an exchange house in the emirate of Sharjah to a bank in Florida could be linked to the September 11 suicide hijackers. — (AFP, Abu Dhabi)
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