Sanctioning Networks Enabling Illicit Trade Benefitting Hizballah

The United States is imposing sanctions on one individual and four entities and identifying nine vessels as blocked property for their involvement in facilitating illicit trade to Syria and East Asia in support of Hizballah and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force.

Among the vessels blocked today are four ships associated with the fleet of U.S.-designated Syrian national Abdul Jalil Mallah and his brother Luay al-Mallah, who is being sanctioned today. Abdul Jalil Mallah and Luay al-Mallah have continued to use these vessels in support of Iran and Hizballah's destabilizing activities.

Today's action reaffirms our commitment to disrupting sanctions evasion networks that benefit Iran-aligned actors in the Middle East. We will continue to expose the efforts of these actors to exploit the international financial system to finance Iran's partners and proxies.

The Department of the Treasury sanctions actions today were taken pursuant to counterterrorism authority Executive Order 13224, as amended. For more information see Treasury's press release.

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