2009 · Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Dib Hani Harb, Hasan Antar Karaki and Moussa Ali Hamdan and 7 Co-defendants

Latest release: Four Indicted for Conspiring to Support Hizballah; Six Others Charged with Related Crimes

The Case's Tie to Hezbollah, in the Government's Words

“According to the indictment, [name withheld] and Dib Hani Harb attempted to provide material support to Hizballah in the form of approximately 1,200 Colt M4 Carbines (machine guns).”

U.S. Department of Justice, Four Indicted for Conspiring to Support Hizballah; Six Others Charged with Related Crimes, press release, Nov. 24, 2009, para. 2, justice.gov.

Defendants and Outcomes

A charge is an allegation; a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Dib Hani Harb At large as of Apr. 29, 2010, court record

A court report of Apr. 29, 2010 lists him among five defendants who are fugitives and deems the case untriable as to them. No later public docket entry concerns him.
Court record
- E.D. Pa. 2:09-cr-744, Dkt. 103, Apr. 29, 2010: THESE DEFTS. ARE FUGITIVES. COURT DEEMS THIS CASE 'UNTRIABLE' AS TO THESE DEFTS.
Docket checked Oct. 23, 2026.
“Ten individuals were indicted today, charged with, among other things, conspiring to export weapons from Philadelphia to the Port of Latakia, Syria.”

U.S. Department of Justice, Four Indicted for Conspiring to Support Hizballah; Six Others Charged with Related Crimes, press release, Nov. 24, 2009, para. 1, justice.gov.
Hasan Antar Karaki At large as of Apr. 29, 2010, court record

A court report of Apr. 29, 2010 lists him among five defendants who are fugitives and deems the case untriable as to them. No later public docket entry concerns him.
Court record
- E.D. Pa. 2:09-cr-744, Dkt. 103, Apr. 29, 2010: THESE DEFTS. ARE FUGITIVES. COURT DEEMS THIS CASE 'UNTRIABLE' AS TO THESE DEFTS.
Docket checked Oct. 23, 2026.
“Ten individuals were indicted today, charged with, among other things, conspiring to export weapons from Philadelphia to the Port of Latakia, Syria.”

U.S. Department of Justice, Four Indicted for Conspiring to Support Hizballah; Six Others Charged with Related Crimes, press release, Nov. 24, 2009, para. 1, justice.gov.
Moussa Ali Hamdan Sentenced as of July 19, 2013, court record

Extradited from Paraguay in Feb. 2011. A change-of-plea hearing was held on Apr. 20, 2012; the court entered a $5,000,000 forfeiture money judgment on July 15, 2013 and a sealed judgment on July 19, 2013. His appeals ended in 2014 and 2015, and a 2020 entry transfers his probation to Michigan. The sentence terms are sealed.
Court record
- E.D. Pa. 2:09-cr-744, Dkt. 232, July 15, 2013: FORFEITURE MONEY JUDGMENT AS TO MOUSSA ALI HAMDAN. A MONEY JUDGMENT IN THE SUM OF $5,000,000.00 IS ENTERED AGAINST DEFT.
- E.D. Pa. 2:09-cr-744, Dkt. 238, July 19, 2013: SEALED JUDGMENT AS TO MOUSSA ALI HAMDAN (4).
- E.D. Pa. 2:09-cr-744, Dkt. 263, July 8, 2015: MANDATE of USCA (certified copy) as to MOUSSA ALI HAMDAN re [259] Notice of Appeal - Final Judgment
- E.D. Pa. 2:09-cr-744, Dkt. 267, July 23, 2020: Probation Jurisdiction Transferred to DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN as to MOUSSA ALI HAMDAN
Docket checked Oct. 23, 2026.
“Ten individuals were indicted today, charged with, among other things, conspiring to export weapons from Philadelphia to the Port of Latakia, Syria.”

U.S. Department of Justice, Four Indicted for Conspiring to Support Hizballah; Six Others Charged with Related Crimes, press release, Nov. 24, 2009, para. 1, justice.gov.
Defendant, name withheld pending court review Withheld pending court review as of Mar. 6, 2025, court record

“Ten individuals were indicted today, charged with, among other things, conspiring to export weapons from Philadelphia to the Port of Latakia, Syria.”

U.S. Department of Justice, Four Indicted for Conspiring to Support Hizballah; Six Others Charged with Related Crimes, press release, Nov. 24, 2009, para. 1, justice.gov.
6 co-defendants are charged in the same case. The release does not tie them to Hezbollah by name, so their names are not shown here. The government filings linked below may name them; these pages do not.

Exhibits

Exhibit 1
U.S. Department of Justice, Four Indicted for Conspiring to Support Hizballah; Six Others Charged with Related Crimes, press release, Nov. 24, 2009, justice.gov.

Fetched Oct. 20, 2026.
Summary The U.S. Department of Justice announced that ten individuals were indicted and a related criminal complaint was unsealed in connection with alleged efforts to provide material support to Hezbollah, export weapons from Philadelphia to Syria, and commit related offenses involving stolen and counterfeit goods, currency, and passports. The announcement states that the indictments and complaint were issued or unsealed today, and that arrests had occurred in connection with the case.
Exhibit 2
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Indictment Charges Four With Conspiracy To Support Hizballah, press release (PDF), Nov. 24, 2009, justice.gov.

Fetched Oct. 21, 2026.