Treasury designates 10 individuals in a Hizballah cash smuggling network moving up to hundreds of millions of dollars via commercial flights between Lebanon, Tรผrkiye, UAE, and Iran. Hizballah is also re-designated for acting under IRGC-QF direction.
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- ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ณ โ Turkish businessman; manages courier network; abuses Tรผrkiye-based exchange houses as fronts; provided front companies and bank accounts for IRGC-QF-linked transfers.
- ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ โ Courier; collects cash from exchange houses.
- ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ โ Courier; collects cash from exchange houses.
- ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ข ๐๐ค๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ณ โ Coordinates courier logistics; also acts as courier.
- ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ณ โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
- ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
- ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
- ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ซ โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
- ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ข โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
- ๐๐ฆ๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ฒ๐๐ณ โ Courier; covertly carried cash to Lebanon on commercial flights.
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- ๐๐ข๐ณ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ก โ Re-designated pursuant to E.O. 13224 for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or acting for or on behalf of, the IRGC-QF.
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- Network formerly associated with deceased IRGC-QF finance official Behnam Shahriyari.
- All designations under E.O. 13224, as amended.
- No digital currency addresses, license wind-down periods, or new FAQs specified in this action.