Kuwait Yet Again Foils Security Plot Linked to Terror Financing, Arrests 24 Kuwaiti Citizens

11/04/2026

KUWAIT CITY, April 11: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior announced on Saturday that a pre-emptive security operation has successfully thwarted a sophisticated plot aimed at undermining national security and financing terrorist organizations. In a statement, the Ministry disclosed that the State Security Service dismantled an illicit cell comprised of 24 Kuwaiti nationals, including one individual whose citizenship was recently revoked.

During the crackdown, security forces seized substantial liquid assets linked to these illicit operations. The Ministry further identified eight fugitive Kuwaiti citizens, including another individual with revoked citizenship, as being deeply embedded in the cell’s activities. According to the statement, the cell’s modus operandi involved soliciting funds under religious and charitable pretexts. These assets were systematically collected and stored in anticipation of being laundered and transferred abroad upon the direct instructions of foreign entities.

Investigations revealed a breach of public trust, as donors contributed, in good faith, under the impression that their funds were destined for legitimate banking channels and humanitarian causes. However, the Ministry clarified that the accused diverted these resources toward illicit entities, fundamentally betraying the donors’ intentions and violating the country’s financial regulations. The statement also detailed the cell’s sophisticated financial engineering, noting the use of commercial and professional businesses as fronts for money laundering. To evade the scrutiny of security and oversight agencies, the cell employed fragmented transfer methods, distributing funds among multiple couriers for land and air transport.

“Comprehensive legal measures have been initiated against the apprehended cell members, who have been referred to the competent authorities,” the Ministry stated, adding that active investigations remain underway to identify and neutralize any remaining operatives. Reiterating its stance on national stability, the Ministry of Interior vowed to maintain a policy of zero tolerance against any schemes targeting the nation’s security or the exploitation of its territory to support terrorist entities.