US sanctions three individuals and two charities over alleged Hamas financing

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The U.S. government announced sanctions against three people and two France-based charities accused of routing more than $2 million to Hamas through charitable fronts and cryptocurrency. Authorities also reported six arrests in the United States and France as part of the counterterrorism investigation.

The justice and treasury departments said they sent $2m to Hamas through charities and cryptocurrency, while six people were arrested across the US and France The Trump administration on Friday unveiled sanctions against three individuals allegedly related to the Islamist militant group Hamas and against two charities based in France while also announcing six arrests – actions that the government called an “extraordinary counter-terrorism work” to expose “a sophisticated, multi‑year financing architecture”. Investigators alleged that the network moved more than $2m to Hamas “through deceptive charitable fronts and cryptocurrency channels”. Continue reading...