OFAC Sanctions Sanctions Evasion Network Aiding Hezbollah
The Office of Foreign Assets Control last week sanctioned five people and three companies with ties to a Lebanon-based sanctions evasion network supporting the terror group Hezbollah.
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The designations target Rashid Qasim al-Bazzal, Mahasin Mahmud Murtada, Fatimah ‘Abdallah Ayyub, Hawra’ ‘Abdallah Ayyub, and Jamil Mohamad Khafaja for holding ownership roles in the companies. The companies are Securol Glass Curtains, Ravee SARL and Lebanese United Group.
The people and businesses are part of a group of "revenue-generating commercial enterprises owned or controlled by" Hezbollah that "facilitate and mask oil sales" for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force, the Treasury Department said. The agency said the network was overseen by senior Hezbollah finance officials, including Muhammad Qasir until his death in late 2024.