U.S. State Department / National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)

U.S. Department of State Bureau of Counterterrorism, in coordination with the National Counterterrorism Center, designates Foreign Terrorist Organisations (FTOs) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. FTO designation triggers material-support criminal liability under 18 U.S.C. § 2339B, asset blocking, and visa ineligibility. Cited in this archive as the source for the Boko Haram (November 2013) and ISIS-West Africa (February 2018) FTO designations referenced on the NCTC profile pages.