Suspect in Missouri terror funding case arrested in Germany
ST. LOUIS (AP) - An Illinois woman facing federal charges of funneling money and military supplies to extremist groups in Iraq and Syria has been arrested in Germany.
Online federal court records show that 42-year-old Jasminka Ramic of Rockford was arrested Tuesday and is awaiting extradition to the U.S.
No lawyer was listed for her.
She is one of six Bosnian immigrants living in Missouri, Illinois and New York charged with conspiring to provide material support to groups the U.S. deems terrorist organizations, including Islamic State and Nusra Front, an al-Qaida-affiliated rebel group. Each is now in federal custody.
On Wednesday, Ramiz Hodzic and his wife, Sedina Hodzic, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis.
Paul J. D'Agrosa, attorney for Sedina Hodzic, speaks outside federal court following a hearing Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in St. Louis. Sedina Hodzic and her husband Ramiz Hodzic have pleaded not guilty to federal charges of funneling money and military supplies to extremist groups in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
The Associated Press
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