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Filing Hezbollah, Lebanon Oct. 20, 2026

202 Designated Individuals and 114 Designated Entities Tied to Hezbollah; 22 Charged in U.S. Courts

Hezbollah laid out the way a company is: its divisions, the people who handle its money and the firms that move it, each with the designation notice, indictment or verdict behind it, quoted word for word.

Designated individuals
202
Designated entities
114
Charged and tied to Hezbollah
22
Convicted
9
Charged, at large
4
Wanted by the FBI
3

Six separate figures, never added together. Of the 22 charged, 9 were convicted, 4 are at large and 9 have no later outcome in the Justice Department releases on file. A person can be both designated and charged.

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Item 1

Divisions Named by Governments

The units that U.S., British and EU documents name, sized by the individuals and entities tied to each.

Parent

Hezbollah

Lebanon. U.S. documents spell it Hizballah

Also named in government documents Business Affairs Component, Unit 910, Jihad Council, Islamic Resistance Support Organization, Martyrs Foundation, Jihad al-Bina. No designated individual or entity on these pages is tied to them yet.

A division appears only when a government document names it; each box links to that document. The tallies are entries whose own document names the division, out of 202 designated individuals and 114 designated entities in all.

Item 2

Designated Individuals

Newest Treasury designations of individuals, in Treasury's own words. All 202

  • Hussein Ibrahim

    “Between May 2025 and September 2025, Hussein Ibrahim and Abdallah Hamieh transferred hundreds of millions of dollars from the IRGC-QF to Hizballah.”

    Treasury, Sep. 10, 2026, para. 27. home.treasury.gov

  • Abdallah Hamieh

    “IRGC-QF members in Lebanon work with Hizballah financial officials to receive the funds in Lebanon via several Lebanese money exchangers, to include Hussein Ibrahim and Abdallah Hamieh.”

    Treasury, Sep. 10, 2026, para. 27. home.treasury.gov

  • Ghaith Hussein Wehbe

    “Once the money is in Lebanon, U.S.-designated Hizballah member Ossama Jaber worked with Ghaith Hussein Wehbe (Wehbe), a Hizballah money courier, to personally collect money from these cash exchangers on behalf of Hizballah financial officials.”

    Treasury, Sep. 10, 2026, para. 27. home.treasury.gov

  • Amir Al-Makansi

    “Similarly, at the direction of Hamdi, Syria- and Türkiye-based Amir Al-Makansi operates a gold exchange company based in Syria with additional offices in Istanbul, Türkiye.”

    Treasury, Sep. 10, 2026, para. 29. home.treasury.gov

  • Vasfi Akyuz

    “Yilmaz’s associates include couriers Halil Ibrahim Kacmaz and Onder Dede who collect cash from the exchange houses, and Vasfi Akyuz who has coordinated logistics for the couriers and also participates as a courier himself.”

    Treasury, Aug. 20, 2026, para. 5. home.treasury.gov

  • Feyyad Karasalih

    “Additional couriers in the network include Mehmet Akyuz, Mehmet Acur, Feyyad Karasalih, Masoud Mousafar, Gulay Kaya Savci, and Emrah Ayaz, who have covertly carried cash intended for Hizballah on commercial flights to Lebanon.”

    Treasury, Aug. 20, 2026, para. 5. home.treasury.gov

  • Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani

    “Mohammad Reza Sheibani (Sheibani) is the Iranian Ambassador designate to Lebanon, whom Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry declared persona non grata after it withdrew its approval of his candidature and ordered him to leave Beirut.”

    Treasury, May 21, 2026, para. 9. home.treasury.gov

  • Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb Fanich

    “Fanich has been a member of Hizballah since the terrorist organization was first established and has held multiple leadership positions within the group. He was elected to Lebanon’s parliament as part of Hizballah’s Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc in 1992 and later appointed as Minister of …”

    Treasury, May 21, 2026, para. 6. home.treasury.gov

Treasury designations peaked in 2026, with 38 individuals named

Individuals (above the line) and entities (below), by year of first U.S. Treasury designation

202040401995: 3 individuals2001: 2 individuals2004: 1 individual2004: 2 entities2006: 9 individuals2006: 7 entities2007: 2 individuals2007: 6 entities2008: 2 individuals2008: 2 entities2009: 1 individual2009: 1 entity2010: 4 individuals2010: 4 entities2011: 1 individual2012: 3 individuals2013: 8 individuals2014: 3 individuals2014: 7 entities2015: 13 individuals2015: 10 entities2016: 8 individuals2016: 3 entities2017: 2 individuals2018: 21 individuals2018: 20 entities2019: 8 individuals2019: 7 entities2020: 3 individuals2020: 2 entities2021: 15 individuals2022: 16 individuals2022: 4 entities2023: 8 individuals2023: 4 entities2024: 12 individuals2024: 13 entities2025: 19 individuals2025: 4 entities2026: 38 individuals2026: 18 entities2026: 38 individuals202040401995: 3 individuals2001: 2 individuals2004: 1 individual2004: 2 entities2006: 9 individuals2006: 7 entities2007: 2 individuals2007: 6 entities2008: 2 individuals2008: 2 entities2009: 1 individual2009: 1 entity2010: 4 individuals2010: 4 entities2011: 1 individual2012: 3 individuals2013: 8 individuals2014: 3 individuals2014: 7 entities2015: 13 individuals2015: 10 entities2016: 8 individuals2016: 3 entities2017: 2 individuals2018: 21 individuals2018: 20 entities2019: 8 individuals2019: 7 entities2020: 3 individuals2020: 2 entities2021: 15 individuals2022: 16 individuals2022: 4 entities2023: 8 individuals2023: 4 entities2024: 12 individuals2024: 13 entities2025: 19 individuals2025: 4 entities2026: 38 individuals2026: 18 entities2026: 38 individuals1995200020102020
IndividualsEntities Source: OFAC designation dates, Specially Designated Nationals List.
Table of values
YearIndividualsEntities
199530
200120
200412
200697
200726
200822
200911
201044
201110
201230
201380
201437
20151310
201683
201720
20182120
201987
202032
2021150
2022164
202384
20241213
2025194
20263818

Item 3

Legal Proceedings in American Courts

14 federal cases in which the Justice Department ties a named defendant to Hezbollah, and 3 FBI wanted notices. Outcome beside every name.

At large

Federal court cases
YearDefendantsCourtOutcome by person
2025Ali Farhat Eastern District of Virginia
  • Ali Farhat Charged
2024Jack Danaher Molloy Western District of Pennsylvania
  • Jack Danaher Molloy Charged
2023Samuel Salman El Reda Southern District of New York
  • Samuel Salman El Reda At large
2023Nazem Ahmad and 8 Co-defendants Eastern District of New York
  • Nazem Ahmad At large
  • 8 co-defendants not tied to Hezbollah by name in the release
2021Racha Farhat and 1 Co-defendant Eastern District of Virginia
  • Racha Farhat Pleaded guilty
  • 1 co-defendant not tied to Hezbollah by name in the release
2019Alexei Saab Southern District of New York
  • Alexei Saab Sentenced
2018Usama Darwich Hamade, Samir Ahmed Berro and Issam Darwich Hamade District of Minnesota
  • Usama Darwich Hamade Sentenced
  • Samir Ahmed Berro At large
  • Issam Darwich Hamade Charged
2017Ali Kourani and Samer el Debek Southern District of New York
  • Ali Kourani Sentenced
  • Samer el Debek Charged
2017Kassim Tajideen and 1 Co-defendant District of Columbia
  • Kassim Tajideen Sentenced
  • 1 co-defendant not tied to Hezbollah by name in the release
2015Iman Kobeissi and Joseph Asmar Eastern District of New York
  • Iman Kobeissi Charged
  • Joseph Asmar Pleaded guilty
2015Wissam "Sam" Allouche Western District of Texas
  • Wissam "Sam" Allouche Sentenced
2014Patrick Nayyar and Conrad Stanisclaus Mulholland Southern District of New York
  • Patrick Nayyar Sentenced
  • Conrad Stanisclaus Mulholland At large
2013Dino Bouterse and 1 Co-defendant Southern District of New York
  • Dino Bouterse Sentenced
  • 1 co-defendant not tied to Hezbollah by name in the release
2009Hassan Hodroj, Dib Hani Harb and 2 Others Federal court, district not stated
  • Hassan Hodroj Charged
  • Dib Hani Harb Charged
  • Hasan Antar Karaki Charged
  • Moussa Ali Hamdan Charged
  • 6 co-defendants not tied to Hezbollah by name in the release

Item 4

Designated Entities

Companies, charities and media outlets with the most OFAC cross-references. All 114