Hezbollah financier arrested in Romania
Hezbollah has thrived over the years by using complex means that span the globe, including flows of money from West Africa and South America.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Reports over the weekend said a “Lebanese and Belgian citizen considered a key financier of the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah was arrested on Friday in Bucharest, Romania’s capital, US federal authorities said,” according to the Associated Press. The US Department of Justice noted in a document that sanctions-evasion and money-laundering charges were “unsealed against specially designated global terrorist Mohammad Bazzi and Talal Chahine.”
According to the document, the defendants conspired and attempted to avoid sanctions imposed on Bazzi for providing financial support to Hezbollah. “Bazzi was arrested in Romania today [Friday] and is pending extradition to the Eastern District of New York,” it said.
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Hezbollah has thrived over the years by using complex means that span the globe, including flows of money from West Africa and South America.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Reports over the weekend said a “Lebanese and Belgian citizen considered a key financier of the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah was arrested on Friday in Bucharest, Romania’s capital, US federal authorities said,” according to the Associated Press. The US Department of Justice noted in a document that sanctions-evasion and money-laundering charges were “unsealed against specially designated global terrorist Mohammad Bazzi and Talal Chahine.”
According to the document, the defendants conspired and attempted to avoid sanctions imposed on Bazzi for providing financial support to Hezbollah. “Bazzi was arrested in Romania today [Friday] and is pending extradition to the Eastern District of New York,” it said.
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