OFAC Targets Lebanese Banker, Lifts Sanctions on Cartel Bosses, Russian Smugglers

Posted 3/20/26

Treasury on March 20 designated 16 individuals and entities tied to a Hizballah financing network led by Lebanese financier and former public investment official Alaa Hassan Hamieh, saying the network diverted more than $100 million since 2020 through companies and associates in Lebanon, Syria, Poland, Slovenia, Qatar, and Canada. The same update removed a Mexican cartel leader known as “La Senora,” who Treasury had designated as a “prolific cocaine supplier” Treasury also deleted six more Russia-related entries.

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