U.S. Treasury names Canada as an operations base for Hezbollah terror funding

The U.S. designated a Qatar-based CEO and his Canada-based company, alleging the business was used to launder money to the terrorist group Hezbollah.

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The U.S. Treasury Department has officially designated Canada as a base of operations for funding the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah, with 16 individuals and groups named in a sweeping announcement to cut off funds to the Islamic regime’s proxy forces.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated a network of 16 individuals and entities, including Canada as a base of operations, for a Hezbollah financier and former public investment official, Alaa Hassan Hamieh, and her associates.