Iraq Arrests ISIS Financial Chief Wanted By US: Prime Minister

The US had offered a reward of up to $5 million for the capture of Jaburi.

Iraq has captured the alleged finance chief of the ISIS group, Sami Jasim al-Jaburi, who was sought by the United States, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi announced Monday.

Jaburi, also the suspected former deputy to the late ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was arrested by intelligence services "outside the borders" of Iraq, Kadhemi said on Twitter.

He did not specify the location but said Jaburi was captured in a "complex external operation".

The US had offered a reward of up to $5 million for the capture of Jaburi.