U.S. Treasury sanctions 5 individuals and entities linked to a France-based Hamas fundraising network that allegedly moved more than $2M through MSBs, sham charities and cryptocurrency

The network reportedly used France-based charities and cryptocurrency transfers to raise and move funds to a Hamas military-wing financial facilitator. More than $1.5 million was collected after October 2023, highlighting the continued misuse of charitable organisations and digital assets for terrorist financing. Gaza-based Hamas military-wing member Saleem Abdallah Saleem al-Zaq allegedly oversaw a financial network involving money-service…