Abdulbasit Abdulrahim de-listed from US sanctions

Abdulbasit Abdulrahim has been removed from OFAC’s SDN List, where he had been listed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. Mr Abdulrahim was listed by the UN in 2008 for alleged connections with Al-Qaida, and the EU subsequently implemented that listing under its own sanctions. The UN de-listed him in 2010 and the EU followed suit in 2011. In January...