US sanctions Hezbollah's alleged financial facilitators in Lebanon
The US Treasury Department designated Adel Diab, Ali Mohamad Daoun and Jihad Salem Alame as well as their travel company.
The Biden administration imposed sanctions Tuesday on three alleged financial facilitators for Hezbollah in a move aimed at disrupting the Lebanese militant group’s illicit sources of funding.
The US Treasury Department targeted Adel Diab, Ali Mohamad Daoun and Jihad Salem Alame for allegedly raising and laundering funds for Iran-backed Hezbollah. Their company, Dar Al Salam for Travel & Tourism, was also sanctioned.
“Hezbollah claims it supports the Lebanese people, but just like other corrupt actors in Lebanon that Treasury has designated, Hezbollah continues to profit from insulated business ventures and backdoor political deals, amassing wealth that the Lebanese people never see,” said Brian Nelson, Treasury’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.
Diab, Daoun, Alame and their company were sanctioned under Executive Order 13224, which allows the Treasury to block the assets of those who commit or pose a significant risk of committing acts of terrorism. The United States designated Hezbollah as a foreign terrorist organization in 1997.
