As of August 2015, he has been designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist[10] and been placed on the United States Treasury sanctions list for designated financiers of terrorism for his illicit financial activities in an effort to target the funding networks of terrorist organizations.[11] He has since been placed on numerous sanctions lists for the same reasons including those of the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Australia, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and others.[12][13][14][15][16]