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Italian police seized over €8 million in assets linked to charities accused of diverting 71% of €7 million donations to fund Hamas military and terrorist activities.
- Italian authorities arrested nine people linked to three charitable organizations and issued international arrest orders for two people abroad on Saturday.
- Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said charities presented themselves as initiatives for the Palestinian people while police reported more than 71 percent of donations funded Hamas or affiliates.
- Prosecutors described `triangulation operations` that moved illegal funds via bank transfers and organisations abroad to associations based in Gaza, with some money reaching family members implicated in terrorist attacks.
- Among those arrested was Mohammad Hannoun, president of the Palestinian Association in Italy, whom prosecutors describe as head of an Italian Hamas cell; the suspects sent about 7 million euros to associations based in Gaza, the Palestinian territories, or Israel linked to Hamas.
- The European Union lists Hamas as a terrorist organisation, and the European Council extended restrictive measures against 12 individuals and three entities supporting Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
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Italian police charge nine with funding Hamas
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi thanked the authorities involved in the “investigation of extraordinary importance.” By JNS Seven people were arrested in Italy on suspicion of raising some $8 million for the Gaza-ruling terrorist group Hamas, police said on Saturday. International arrest warrants were issued in connection with the case for two additional individuals located outside the country, AFP reported. Mohammad Hannoun, preside…
Investigators expose a suspected network to support the Islamist organization. Under the guise of charity, millions from Italy are said to have flowed to Hamas.
Under the guise of charity, millions of people from Italy are said to have flowed to Hamas. Investigators reveal a suspected network to support the Islamist organization, and the president of the Palestinian Association in Italy is also involved.
The Italian authorities carried out a broad operation against a alleged Hamas-related terrorist cell arresting nine persons accused of financing the Palestinian movement and sending money to support attacks, transmit EuroNews.com. The operation...
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