Terror organization: Hezbollah;

Status: Leading to the disruption of the financial mechanisms of Hezbollah;

Role: Operates or transacts business in or through Belgium, Lebanon, Iraq, and several countries in West Africa, is a key Hezbollah financier. Bazzi has generated millions of dollars for Hezbollah from his business activities;

Mohammad Bazzi, a Lebanese-Belgian dual national, aged 58, was arrested upon his arrival at Bucharest airport, and was set to extradited to the US state of New York, the Romanian state prosecutor’s office announced in a statement. He was ordered detained pending trial. The U.S. Treasury Department placed Bazzi, 58, on its sanctions list , opens new tab in 2018 over his alleged ties to Hezbollah

Location: Lebanon, Belgium, Iraq, West Africa;

Born: 10 August 1964;

Place of Birth: Bent Jbeil, Lebanon;

Gender: Male;

Nationality: Lebanon; alt. Belgium;

Passport No. EJ341406 (Belgium) expires 31 May 2017; alt. 750249737; alt. 899002098 (United Kingdom); alt. 487/2007 (Lebanon); alt. RL3400400 (Lebanon); alt. 0236370 (Sierra Leone); alt. D0000687 (The Gambia);

Address:
1. Adnan Al-Hakim Street, Yahala Bldg., Jnah, Lebanon;
2. Eglantierlaan 13-15, 2020, Antwerpen, Belgium;
3. Villa Bazzi, Dohat Al-Hoss, Lebanon;

Known also as: Mohamed Bazzi; Muhammad Ibrahim Bazzi; Muhammed Bazzi.

Activities:

Bazzi who operates through Belgium, Lebanon, Iraq, and several countries in West Africa, is a key Hizballah financier who has provided Hizballah financial assistance for many years and has provided millions of dollars to Hizballah generated from his business activities.

He maintains ties to Hizballah financiers Adham Tabaja and Ali Youssef Charara. Bazzi worked to provide funds to Tabaja, with whom he held a joint line of credit.

Between 2009 and 2010, Abdallah Safi-Al-Din, and Bazzi worked with the Central Bank of Iran to expand banking access between Iran and Lebanon.

In addition to providing millions of dollars to Hizballah, Mohammad Bazzi is a close associate of Yahya Jammeh.

Further, Bazzi has business ties to the Ayman Joumaa Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Organization.

Bazzi owns (controls) the following companies:
1. Global Trading Group NV;
2. Euro African Group LTD;
3. Africa Middle East Investment Holding SAL;
4. Premier Investment Group SAL;
5. Car Escort Services S.A.L. Off Shore;