An even bigger problem, the western diplomats said, is that several countries in the region, including Bahrain and Libya, have locked arms with Lebanon in opposing international regulators’ push for a crackdown, making it all but impossible to effectively target Hezbollah’s illicit financing. FATF declined to comment for this article. The current battle within FATF
Israel has approved a new payment of more than $140 million to the Palestinian Authority after announcing it had also unblocked some funds frozen because of the Gaza war, a finance ministry spokesperson told AFP on Thursday. Since the start of the war on Hamas, far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has withheld payments of
The United States on Thursday condemned the Israeli finance minister’s “wrongheaded” decision to redirect some $35 million in tax revenue collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to families of “victims of terrorism.” Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s actions “are not appropriate. We have made quite clear to the Government of Israel that these funds belong
Russian exiled media and activists held a telethon on Wednesday in support of the growing number of political prisoners in the country, raising tens of thousands of euros for those behind bars. Russia has orchestrated a huge crackdown since sending troops to Ukraine, implementing Soviet-style censorship laws. Leading rights group Memorial says Russia now has