The P.T.O.C Yemen Center welcomes the imposition of US sanctions on Houthi leaders involved in organized crime and arms smuggling.

The Platform for Tracking Organized Crime and Money Laundering in Yemen (P.T.O.C Yemen) welcomes the US Treasury Department’s inclusion of Hassan Ahmed Hassan Al-Kahlani, known as “Abu Shahid,” Undersecretary of the Security and Intelligence Service for Foreign Affairs, on the sanctions list. This decision came against the backdrop of his involvement in crimes of arms smuggling from Iran to Yemen through complex smuggling networks, which the US Treasury Department’s decision clearly indicated. The platform played an effective role in revealing the role of the so-called...