Yunus Alper Yilmaz

Money Moves

Sanctioned by OFAC; U.S. assets frozen

Hizballah has learned to move money the way a smuggler moves gold: in suitcases, on passenger flights, far from any bank a regulator can reach. On August 19, the U.S. Treasury named 10 people it says run that pipeline, flying cash between Lebanon, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Iran.

Updated Aug 21