π¨π¨ Puntland impounds arms shipment from Turkiye headed to FGS.
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Qoslaya sent his boy to Turkey, what weak cant face Puntland
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Now they crying to Turkeys 
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UNITED STATES CONGRESS
HOUSE - SENATE INVESTIGATIVE COUNSEL
CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM
DATE: July 24, 2025
TO: The Office of Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of State
SUBJECT: Request for Information (RFI) β Congressional Investigation into Illicit Arms Trafficking, Terrorism Financing, and Foreign Interference by Somali Federal Government Officials and Affiliates (MV Sea World / Baku Meeting)
I. STATEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL JURISDICTION AND INVESTIGATIVE MANDATE
This memorandum constitutes a formal Request for Information (RFI), issued jointly by legal counsel to the United States House of Representatives and Senate. It is promulgated pursuant to the full scope of investigative, oversight, and legislative authorities vested in the Congress of the United States. This RFI requires the immediate, comprehensive, and complete production of all information and documentation pertaining to a series of reported transactions and engagements that directly implicate senior officials of the Federal Government of Somalia, in concert with their identified business leaders and political affiliates. These activities constitute a basis for inquiry into potential violations of United States federal statutes and international law.
The intelligence and credible reports that necessitate this inquiry, including the July 23, 2025, communication from the Somali Federal Government, which expressly acknowledges the involvement of "private businessmen" as owners of certain illicit weaponry and shipments, raise profound and material concerns. These activities demonstrably constitute direct or indirect complicity in, or facilitation of, violations of, inter alia:
* The Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. Β§ 2751 et seq.), particularly concerning unauthorized arms transfers to proscribed entities.
* The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. Β§ 1701 et seq.) and pertinent Executive Orders.
* Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) statutes (31 U.S.C. Β§ 5311 et seq.), encompassing the facilitation of illicit financial flows and failure to report suspicious transactions.
* United States sanctions regimes administered by the Department of the Treasury, specifically Executive Orders 14024 and 13818, addressing malign foreign activities and serious human rights abuses.
* Prohibitions against providing material support or resources to foreign terrorist organizations (18 U.S.C. Β§ 2339B), with particular reference to al-Shabaab and the Islamic State (IS).
The Committee expects and relies upon your full cooperation in this critical matter.
Failure to provide the entirety of the requested information in a timely manner, or the submission of incomplete or misleading responses, will be considered a serious impediment to this duly authorized congressional investigation.
II. DEMAND FOR CLARIFICATION AND PRODUCTION
Your agencies are hereby directed to provide comprehensive, complete, and fully documented responses to the following specific inquiries:
A. Maritime Interdiction: MV Sea World and Associated Parties
* Confirm unequivocally whether a vessel designated as the MV Sea World was interdicted, boarded, or subjected to any form of maritime law enforcement action in or about July 18, 2025, within the maritime jurisdiction of Somalia or any contiguous international waters. Provide all relevant operational reports, manifests, and findings, including full chain-of-custody documentation for all seized materials and individuals.
* State definitively whether the aforementioned vessel was transporting any of the following, and provide a full, itemized inventory, including specific quantities, calibers, and available serial numbers, if affirmative:
* Approximately AK-pattern rifles.
* PKM or DShK machine guns.
* Rocket-propelled grenades, hand grenades, or other explosive munitions.
* More rounds of small arms ammunition.
* Identify, to the fullest extent known, if Turkish military export licenses, credentials or customs documentation were utilized, or fraudulently represented, to facilitate, obfuscate, or mischaracterize the true nature, origin, or ultimate destination of the subject shipment.
Provide all related evidentiary documentation and intelligence assessments concerning any Turkish governmental or commercial involvement.
* Disclose, with absolute specificity and supporting intelligence, whether any portion of this illicit shipment was designated for, or demonstrably diverted to, end-use by the proscribed terrorist organizations al-Shabaab or the Islamic State (IS). Provide all relevant intelligence reports, intercepts, analytical assessments, and evidentiary materials.
B. Financial Transactions and Illicit Conduits
* Confirm if payments or transfers totaling approximately $35 million USD were executed to procure or transport the aforementioned armaments. Provide all corresponding financial intelligence, ledger entries, wire transfer records, and transaction records supporting this confirmation or denial.
* Specify whether any such payments traversed financial institutions or intermediaries located in TΓΌrkiye, Switzerland, or the Cayman Islands, whether through commercial banking channels or state-connected entities. Provide complete financial tracing documentation, including Swift records, originator and beneficiary details, and correspondent bank routings.
* Identify if any funds associated with these transactions were processed through U.S. correspondent banks. If affirmative, detail all generated compliance alerts, Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), and any subsequent actions, referrals, or investigations initiated by U.S. financial regulatory or law enforcement authorities.
* Disclose, in full, the names of all private businessmen, financial intermediaries, or political allies of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud identified by U.S. agencies as being tied to these transactions, including those referenced in the Somali Federal Government's letter dated July 23, 2025. For each identified individual or entity, provide all relevant account information, beneficial ownership details, and any associated adverse intelligence or law enforcement reporting.
* Disclose whether any accounts directly or indirectly associated with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, his family, or any identified private businessmen or allies tied to these transactions, are currently or have been subject to review, provisional freeze orders, or other restrictive measures in any other jurisdiction, for suspected violations of AML, terrorism financing, or sanctions compliance. Provide all related legal orders, investigative findings, and diplomatic communications.
C. Unauthorized Engagements and Malign Actors:
February 2025 Meeting β Baku, Azerbaijan
* Confirm if your respective offices possess information verifying the travel of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and any identified private businessmen or political allies to Baku, Azerbaijan, in or about February 2025. Provide all relevant travel manifests, diplomatic cables, immigration records, or intelligence reports.
* State definitively whether, during this period in Baku, President Mohamud or any identified private businessmen or allies engaged in meetings with any of the following persons or their known representatives:
* Viktor Bout, a convicted arms trafficker and former federal defendant.
* Ivan Maslov or Pavel Prigozhin, individuals associated with the Wagner Group or its successor entities.
* Identify, in granular detail, all matters discussed during any such confirmed meetings, particularly those relating to:
* Weapons procurement and illicit supply chains, including any discussions of specific arms types, quantities, or logistical arrangements.
* Security deployments, mercenary operations, or military training initiatives in Africa.
* Political influence operations, electoral interference, or destabilization efforts in Somalia or the broader Horn of Africa region.
D. Destabilization of U.S. Counterterrorism Partners and Strategic Regions
* Detail, with specific examples and supporting intelligence assessments, any nexus between arms, financing, or political directives originating from the Somali Federal Government leadership, or their identified private businessmen and allies, and documented security deterioration, insurgent activities, or unconstitutional actions in the following critical U.S. counterterrorism partner regions:
* Puntland,
* Jubaland, or
* Southwest State.
HOUSE - SENATE INVESTIGATIVE COUNSEL
CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM
DATE: July 24, 2025
TO: The Office of Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of State
SUBJECT: Request for Information (RFI) β Congressional Investigation into Illicit Arms Trafficking, Terrorism Financing, and Foreign Interference by Somali Federal Government Officials and Affiliates (MV Sea World / Baku Meeting)
I. STATEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL JURISDICTION AND INVESTIGATIVE MANDATE
This memorandum constitutes a formal Request for Information (RFI), issued jointly by legal counsel to the United States House of Representatives and Senate. It is promulgated pursuant to the full scope of investigative, oversight, and legislative authorities vested in the Congress of the United States. This RFI requires the immediate, comprehensive, and complete production of all information and documentation pertaining to a series of reported transactions and engagements that directly implicate senior officials of the Federal Government of Somalia, in concert with their identified business leaders and political affiliates. These activities constitute a basis for inquiry into potential violations of United States federal statutes and international law.
The intelligence and credible reports that necessitate this inquiry, including the July 23, 2025, communication from the Somali Federal Government, which expressly acknowledges the involvement of "private businessmen" as owners of certain illicit weaponry and shipments, raise profound and material concerns. These activities demonstrably constitute direct or indirect complicity in, or facilitation of, violations of, inter alia:
* The Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. Β§ 2751 et seq.), particularly concerning unauthorized arms transfers to proscribed entities.
* The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. Β§ 1701 et seq.) and pertinent Executive Orders.
* Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) statutes (31 U.S.C. Β§ 5311 et seq.), encompassing the facilitation of illicit financial flows and failure to report suspicious transactions.
* United States sanctions regimes administered by the Department of the Treasury, specifically Executive Orders 14024 and 13818, addressing malign foreign activities and serious human rights abuses.
* Prohibitions against providing material support or resources to foreign terrorist organizations (18 U.S.C. Β§ 2339B), with particular reference to al-Shabaab and the Islamic State (IS).
The Committee expects and relies upon your full cooperation in this critical matter.
Failure to provide the entirety of the requested information in a timely manner, or the submission of incomplete or misleading responses, will be considered a serious impediment to this duly authorized congressional investigation.
II. DEMAND FOR CLARIFICATION AND PRODUCTION
Your agencies are hereby directed to provide comprehensive, complete, and fully documented responses to the following specific inquiries:
A. Maritime Interdiction: MV Sea World and Associated Parties
* Confirm unequivocally whether a vessel designated as the MV Sea World was interdicted, boarded, or subjected to any form of maritime law enforcement action in or about July 18, 2025, within the maritime jurisdiction of Somalia or any contiguous international waters. Provide all relevant operational reports, manifests, and findings, including full chain-of-custody documentation for all seized materials and individuals.
* State definitively whether the aforementioned vessel was transporting any of the following, and provide a full, itemized inventory, including specific quantities, calibers, and available serial numbers, if affirmative:
* Approximately AK-pattern rifles.
* PKM or DShK machine guns.
* Rocket-propelled grenades, hand grenades, or other explosive munitions.
* More rounds of small arms ammunition.
* Identify, to the fullest extent known, if Turkish military export licenses, credentials or customs documentation were utilized, or fraudulently represented, to facilitate, obfuscate, or mischaracterize the true nature, origin, or ultimate destination of the subject shipment.
Provide all related evidentiary documentation and intelligence assessments concerning any Turkish governmental or commercial involvement.
* Disclose, with absolute specificity and supporting intelligence, whether any portion of this illicit shipment was designated for, or demonstrably diverted to, end-use by the proscribed terrorist organizations al-Shabaab or the Islamic State (IS). Provide all relevant intelligence reports, intercepts, analytical assessments, and evidentiary materials.
B. Financial Transactions and Illicit Conduits
* Confirm if payments or transfers totaling approximately $35 million USD were executed to procure or transport the aforementioned armaments. Provide all corresponding financial intelligence, ledger entries, wire transfer records, and transaction records supporting this confirmation or denial.
* Specify whether any such payments traversed financial institutions or intermediaries located in TΓΌrkiye, Switzerland, or the Cayman Islands, whether through commercial banking channels or state-connected entities. Provide complete financial tracing documentation, including Swift records, originator and beneficiary details, and correspondent bank routings.
* Identify if any funds associated with these transactions were processed through U.S. correspondent banks. If affirmative, detail all generated compliance alerts, Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), and any subsequent actions, referrals, or investigations initiated by U.S. financial regulatory or law enforcement authorities.
* Disclose, in full, the names of all private businessmen, financial intermediaries, or political allies of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud identified by U.S. agencies as being tied to these transactions, including those referenced in the Somali Federal Government's letter dated July 23, 2025. For each identified individual or entity, provide all relevant account information, beneficial ownership details, and any associated adverse intelligence or law enforcement reporting.
* Disclose whether any accounts directly or indirectly associated with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, his family, or any identified private businessmen or allies tied to these transactions, are currently or have been subject to review, provisional freeze orders, or other restrictive measures in any other jurisdiction, for suspected violations of AML, terrorism financing, or sanctions compliance. Provide all related legal orders, investigative findings, and diplomatic communications.
C. Unauthorized Engagements and Malign Actors:
February 2025 Meeting β Baku, Azerbaijan
* Confirm if your respective offices possess information verifying the travel of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and any identified private businessmen or political allies to Baku, Azerbaijan, in or about February 2025. Provide all relevant travel manifests, diplomatic cables, immigration records, or intelligence reports.
* State definitively whether, during this period in Baku, President Mohamud or any identified private businessmen or allies engaged in meetings with any of the following persons or their known representatives:
* Viktor Bout, a convicted arms trafficker and former federal defendant.
* Ivan Maslov or Pavel Prigozhin, individuals associated with the Wagner Group or its successor entities.
* Identify, in granular detail, all matters discussed during any such confirmed meetings, particularly those relating to:
* Weapons procurement and illicit supply chains, including any discussions of specific arms types, quantities, or logistical arrangements.
* Security deployments, mercenary operations, or military training initiatives in Africa.
* Political influence operations, electoral interference, or destabilization efforts in Somalia or the broader Horn of Africa region.
D. Destabilization of U.S. Counterterrorism Partners and Strategic Regions
* Detail, with specific examples and supporting intelligence assessments, any nexus between arms, financing, or political directives originating from the Somali Federal Government leadership, or their identified private businessmen and allies, and documented security deterioration, insurgent activities, or unconstitutional actions in the following critical U.S. counterterrorism partner regions:
* Puntland,
* Jubaland, or
* Southwest State.
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Provide all interagency assessments, intelligence findings, or analytical products concluding that these activities by the Somali Federal Government, its officials, or their proxies, may pose a direct threat to, or demonstrably undermine, U.S. counterterrorism objectives, regional stabilization efforts, or the sovereign and democratic integrity of sub-national entities.
E. Legal Posture and Precedent Investigations
* Disclose, in full, whether President Mohamud, or any identified private businessmen or allies, are presently subjects of, or have been subjects of, any ongoing or concluded U.S. investigations concerning:
* Arms trafficking.
* Money laundering.
* Violations of sanctions statutes or providing material support to terrorist groups.
For each investigation, provide all relevant case numbers, investigative scopes, grand jury activity, and findings, regardless of classification level.
* Identify and provide copies of any prior referrals, communications, or classified intelligence sharing made to the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), or Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) regarding the individuals or entities named herein, or activities directly associated with their illicit networks.
III. MANDATORY DOCUMENTATION PRODUCTION
You are hereby directed to produce the following documentation and advisories, to the fullest and most expedient extent available. All documents must be provided in their original format, unredacted, and accompanied by a comprehensive privilege log for any materials withheld on grounds of privilege. All electronic documents shall be provided in a searchable, text-selectable format where feasible, with appropriate indexing and Bates numbering.
* All records, including operational reports, manifests, intelligence summaries, and evidentiary photographs, pertaining to any maritime interdiction or seizure involving the MV Sea World in or around July 18, 2025.
* All financial intelligence, bank alerts, Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), account analyses, beneficial ownership disclosures, and provisional freeze orders involving Somali federal leadership, identified private businessmen, or their affiliates, including all supporting transaction data and banking correspondence.
* All travel records, diplomatic cables, immigration logs, intelligence reports, or official communications confirming or disputing the alleged Baku meetings and their participants.
* All open or closed case files, investigative memoranda, preliminary assessment documents, or grand jury materials involving the individuals and entities named above, irrespective of classification.
* All internal agency assessments, threat analyses, intelligence products, or policy recommendations detailing Somali Federal Government-origin security risks, destabilization efforts, or threats to U.S. allied territories or counterterrorism operations in the specified regions.
* A certified copy of the Somali Federal Government letter dated July 23, 2025, or any internal U.S. government record detailing its full contents and provenance.
IV. DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE AND IMPLICATIONS OF NON-COMPLIANCE
A full, complete, and unredacted response to this congressional Request for Information is required, without extension, no later than 5:00 PM EDT on August 1, 2025.
Please be advised that any failure to comply fully, or the submission of an incomplete or misleading response, will be considered a direct and deliberate obstruction of a duly authorized congressional investigation. Congress retains all options to ensure compliance with its constitutional and statutory oversight responsibilities, including but not limited to, the issuance of subpoenas, civil enforcement actions, and the invocation of all other appropriate measures to secure the requested information.
V. TO WHOM INFORMATION SHOULD BE PROVIDED
All responses and requested documentation shall be delivered directly to the Joint HouseβSenate Investigative Counsel, located at Cannon House Office Building, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. 20515. For secure electronic submission of classified materials, specific instructions will be provided via a separate, secure channel by the Committee staff.
VI. CC (FOR AWARENESS AND COORDINATION)
β’ U.S. Department of Justice
β’ U.S. Department of the Treasury β Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
β’ U.S. Department of the Treasury β Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
β’ U.S. Attorneyβs Office β District of Columbia
β’ U.S. Attorneyβs Office β Eastern District of Virginia
β’ Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
β’ House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
β’ Senate Foreign Relations Committee
β’ House Foreign Affairs Committee
β’ U.S. Department of State β Office of the Legal Adviser
β’ U.S. Department of State β Bureau of African Affairs
β’ U.S. Department of State β Bureau of Counterterrorism
β’ U.S. Department of State β Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
E. Legal Posture and Precedent Investigations
* Disclose, in full, whether President Mohamud, or any identified private businessmen or allies, are presently subjects of, or have been subjects of, any ongoing or concluded U.S. investigations concerning:
* Arms trafficking.
* Money laundering.
* Violations of sanctions statutes or providing material support to terrorist groups.
For each investigation, provide all relevant case numbers, investigative scopes, grand jury activity, and findings, regardless of classification level.
* Identify and provide copies of any prior referrals, communications, or classified intelligence sharing made to the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), or Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) regarding the individuals or entities named herein, or activities directly associated with their illicit networks.
III. MANDATORY DOCUMENTATION PRODUCTION
You are hereby directed to produce the following documentation and advisories, to the fullest and most expedient extent available. All documents must be provided in their original format, unredacted, and accompanied by a comprehensive privilege log for any materials withheld on grounds of privilege. All electronic documents shall be provided in a searchable, text-selectable format where feasible, with appropriate indexing and Bates numbering.
* All records, including operational reports, manifests, intelligence summaries, and evidentiary photographs, pertaining to any maritime interdiction or seizure involving the MV Sea World in or around July 18, 2025.
* All financial intelligence, bank alerts, Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), account analyses, beneficial ownership disclosures, and provisional freeze orders involving Somali federal leadership, identified private businessmen, or their affiliates, including all supporting transaction data and banking correspondence.
* All travel records, diplomatic cables, immigration logs, intelligence reports, or official communications confirming or disputing the alleged Baku meetings and their participants.
* All open or closed case files, investigative memoranda, preliminary assessment documents, or grand jury materials involving the individuals and entities named above, irrespective of classification.
* All internal agency assessments, threat analyses, intelligence products, or policy recommendations detailing Somali Federal Government-origin security risks, destabilization efforts, or threats to U.S. allied territories or counterterrorism operations in the specified regions.
* A certified copy of the Somali Federal Government letter dated July 23, 2025, or any internal U.S. government record detailing its full contents and provenance.
IV. DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE AND IMPLICATIONS OF NON-COMPLIANCE
A full, complete, and unredacted response to this congressional Request for Information is required, without extension, no later than 5:00 PM EDT on August 1, 2025.
Please be advised that any failure to comply fully, or the submission of an incomplete or misleading response, will be considered a direct and deliberate obstruction of a duly authorized congressional investigation. Congress retains all options to ensure compliance with its constitutional and statutory oversight responsibilities, including but not limited to, the issuance of subpoenas, civil enforcement actions, and the invocation of all other appropriate measures to secure the requested information.
V. TO WHOM INFORMATION SHOULD BE PROVIDED
All responses and requested documentation shall be delivered directly to the Joint HouseβSenate Investigative Counsel, located at Cannon House Office Building, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. 20515. For secure electronic submission of classified materials, specific instructions will be provided via a separate, secure channel by the Committee staff.
VI. CC (FOR AWARENESS AND COORDINATION)
β’ U.S. Department of Justice
β’ U.S. Department of the Treasury β Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
β’ U.S. Department of the Treasury β Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
β’ U.S. Attorneyβs Office β District of Columbia
β’ U.S. Attorneyβs Office β Eastern District of Virginia
β’ Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
β’ House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
β’ Senate Foreign Relations Committee
β’ House Foreign Affairs Committee
β’ U.S. Department of State β Office of the Legal Adviser
β’ U.S. Department of State β Bureau of African Affairs
β’ U.S. Department of State β Bureau of Counterterrorism
β’ U.S. Department of State β Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
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You got your hands on a "CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM" from the US congress, nice job. I tried searching for the source, can't find. Help with that?
A reliable source at the Capital.
IKHALIIL
WW3 ENJOYER
Abdisamad
VIP
Uncle Sam is a long time ally of Puntland.. Now you're corrupt uncle is in trouble.. Let's see what he's Turkish pimps doHis friend fbi somalia got it for him
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Don't take it that deep sxb, his source is trust me bro.
Abdisamad
VIP
The monkeys in muqdisho is not a goverment.. PUNTLAND doesn't recognize this joke as goverment.. Until theres a credible and inclusive goverment PL has decided to act as a sovereign state and has every right to safeguard itself in the upsence of a credible Somali federal government.. Same goes for JL.
Abdisamad
VIP
It's plausible since US and PL has a close relationship.. Remember Donald Trump right after his election was announcing how they were helping Puntland defeat daesh.
Everything is possible, if you find me a better source than trust me
Its not even necessarily this but the constant back and forth and tit for tat is just ridculous
Abdisamad
VIP
I'm not saying what was posted is true sxb.. But truth be told US and PL are close allies, when Trump was shutting down aid every where and the doge in full swing you sow how he was tweeting about helping PL eradicate daesh.. You think they'll let turkey and their little mafia in muqdisho touch PL?Everything is possible, if you find me a better source than trust me
Abdisamad
VIP
Thlngs wouldn't be get to this point if HSM didn't attack federal member states.. All the blame is solely on him, he's only option is to step down before he do more damage to any future Somali state.
Again ask yourself. In what world will we get " a credible and inclusive govt' that statsifies PL elites emerge? The ugly truth is that if you see the elites of each member state as the equivalent of feudal lords. Then you'll realize they have a pretty good thing going for them. They get to deal with ngos and foreign govts directly. They get tens of millions dollars in grants. There basically mini kings.
In that situation what deal could the federal govt offer them that would be better than that ? And could the fgs if they hypothetically offered one federal member state that deal afford to offer the others similar deals? The way I see it just like historically people didnt reunifiy kingdoms by offering equal status or profits. Theres no way for somalia to come back togethere if every faction is on a level playing field.
In plain English while negotiations will eventually happen. It has to be preceded by the federal govt having overwhelming financial and military power and forcefully bringing everybody else to the negotiating table with the upper hand.
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