Vancouver Company Sanctioned for Hezbollah Links

0:00A Vancouver-based company faces United States sanctions for alleged links to a Hezbollah funding network worth over $100 million. Seven C's for international trading and logistics registered in British Columbia as 1-380892BC. Limited was added to the U.S. blacklist along with 16 people and groups across the Middle East and Canada. The firm's co-founder and chief executive, Ra'ouf Fadell from Qatar, along with directors Muhammad Wabah and Ahmed Wabah also face penalties. U.S. officials claim Fadell works closely with Hezbollah's financial operations and the company serves as a Canadian arm of similar Lebanese businesses. Hezbollah, a group designated as a terrorist organization in Canada, has long used networks here for fundraising, often route in cash to Lebanon. Through things like car sales, Canadian agencies have flagged it as a top cross-border money mover after the Islamic State Group. The broader scheme, run by Lebanese Canadian Alaya Hamaya, spans Lebanon, Syria, Poland, Slovenia,

1:03Qatar and Canada, channeling funds since 2020. While the company remains active in unsanctioned in Canada, experts urge stronger local enforcement to cut off such support. Authorities in British Columbia and Ottawa have yet to weigh in, but calls grow for tougher checks on tear-linked finances operating from Canadian, soil. That's your update from Vancouver News today, powered by AI, I'm Corey, with the story.