A British court issued a 12-year prison sentence against Hallaq, convicting him of transferring thousands of pounds from government grants intended to mitigate the consequences of the new Corona virus (Covid-19) to ISIS in Syria. The indictment told the Kingston Royal Court that Tariq Namuz (43 years old) had confided to one of his friends that he had transferred up to 25,000 pounds to an ISIS fighter in Syria, who told him that the terrorist organization needed to buy bombs, Kalashnikov rifles, and other firearms, so that the organization’s fighters could attacking the Syrian government forces. Presiding judge Peter Lauder said Namoz confirmed his commitment to terrorism. He added that Namuz had transferred money given to him by the local municipal council to ISIS fighters in Syria. Namuz was convicted of 8 counts, including financing terrorism, during the period from November 2020 to May 2021. The judge indicated that Namuz committed these crimes only months after his release, after serving half of a 10-year prison term, after being convicted of rape. And he added that Nemouz was then running a bar in the London suburb of Wood Green, when he detained an 18-year-old girl inside the bar and raped her in September 2014. It is believed that he was launched in September 2019. He then established a hairdressing shop in west London, and obtained the name of the new shop. He received a subsidy from government grants to help companies withstand the effects of corona, which had been given to him by Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council. Police said they had confirmed he had transferred £11,280 to people in Syria. Namoz denied knowing that the money would be used for terrorist purposes. He told the police, when questioned, that he had transferred the money to "help the poor and needy in Syria." His correspondence via the WhatsApp application revealed that he exchanged messages with Syrian people with whom he discussed the purchase of a building to store weapons, in which ISIS fighters would reside. In his confiscated phone, investigators discovered that he had downloaded ISIS propaganda and an explanation of how to prepare explosive devices. Namoz was sentenced to 30 months in prison in July 2013, after he was found guilty of selling fraudulent branded clothing worth £40,000.
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