MANILA, Feb. 15 -- Authorities on Thursday nabbed a female terrorist who served as a financial conduit and coordinator for international terrorist groups.

In a press conference at Camp Crame, Quezon City, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) director Maj. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr. said the suspect, 32-year-old Myrna Ajijul Mabanza, was nabbed in an operation in Barangay Pasil, Indanan, Sulu shortly before 6 a.m.

Caramat said Mabanza is wanted for charges of terror financing under Republic Act 10168 (Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012) and RA 11479 (Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020) issued by a Zamboanga court in December 2023.

She was declared by the United States Defense Department as a specially designated...