Australia’s foreign minister, Julie Bishop, has confirmed that a top Australian ISIS recruiter in Syria has been listed for targeted for financial sanctions. The sanctions are regulated by the United Nations. Those who are found guilty of offering any form of material support to terrorist activity will be imprisoned for up to 10 years.

The Australian Neil Prakash, who was previously based in Melbourne, is now known by the name Abu Khaled al-Cambodi. He is believed to be fighting with ISIS in Syria, reports The Guardian.

“Parkash sought to commission violent terrorist acts, including in Australia, and to recruit others, including young Australian women and girls, to travel to Syria and Iraq to join the Daesh terrorists,” said Bishop in Parliament last week. The foreign minister added that Prakash had urged vulnerable young people to commit “violent extremist acts” including in Australia.

Bishop said there are currently 93 persons and entities from Australia and other countries included in the list for financial sanctions. Known Australian ISIS members, Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamad Elomar, are also in the list.

Bishop added that Australia remains committed to starve ISIS of foreign fighters from Australia and cut off its resources and funds. Australian authorities have been monitoring the activities of about 30 Australians who have returned home after fighting overseas.

Under Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s tough new security powers, Australian citizens are banned from travelling to areas declared off-limits. The Abbott government had also worked to stop the flow of funds to terrorism-linked groups. In 2014, the government had stopped the operations of Sharrouf’s family business based on suspicions that it transferred up to $20 million to foreign militants.

Prakash has previously appeared in English-language propaganda videos of ISIS, holding an assault rifle and inciting attacks against Australians. According to the sanctions, if anyone is caught giving financial assistance to Prakash, a fine of $425,000 or three times the value of the transaction would be imposed aside from imprisonment, reports The Daily Star.

Mr Abbott had ruled out amnesty for Australians fighting alongside militant groups. He said dual nationals would be stripped of dual citizenship if they engage in militant acts.

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