Hezbollah cash courier network sanctioned by US
( August 20, 2026, 18:20 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 10 people in a network responsible for transferring cash to Hezbollah. The network utilizes couriers travelling on commercial airline flights between Lebanon, Turkey, the UAE and Iran to move up to hundreds of millions of dollars between jurisdictions, providing an avenue outside the formal financial system for Hezbollah to obtain foreign currency.Full statement follows:...
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