“We are laser-focused on what’s going on in Lebanon,” said US Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. “We will continue to have a heavy focus on any entity or organization that is moving money on behalf of Hezbollah.”
“We are urging Lebanese authorities to take action to strengthen their supervision measures and undertake public aggressive enforcement action to root out this kind of money laundering,” she added.
Chams denied the accusations to The Wall Street Journal.
“This is not right at all,” he said. “They absolutely are a mistake; this is a small shop.”
A Politico bombshell in December 2017 exposed the network of money-laundering and other crimes done by Hezbollah for which the Obama administration let pass in order to reach the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
