Trump’s Treasury Department is dismantling Turkish and British-based Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas financial networks that have been hiding behind charities and keeping their banking undergrand. Bessent is hitting the terrorists where it hurts on the global stage – in their wallets.
The Trump administration is bringing the hammer down on global Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas terror-financing networks. Thursday, the Treasury Department disrupted a massive network of Turkish and British-based Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas operators who have been using charities and NGOs as cover and underground banks to fund terrorism.
Going After the Muslim Brotherhood’s Bank
From the Treasury Department:
Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated a senior Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (EMB) official, along with three individuals and three entities that have provided material support to Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. Two of the designated entities are sham charities tied to the Muslim Brotherhood that funneled substantial funding to Hamas’s military wing, even as the terrorist organization continues to obstruct a peaceful resolution in Gaza.
“The Trump administration will relentlessly pursue terrorists, and those who finance them,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed. “Whether operating under the guise of charities, businesses, or underground financial networks, those who enable Hamas will be exposed, sanctioned, and held accountable.”
The crackdown sheds light on how the Islamic terror networks are exploiting donors while funneling money into extremist activities. Mahmoud al-Abyari, who is the secretary general of the Muslim Brotherhood General Secretariat, was outed for maintaining ties with Hamas and helping raise cash for previously sanctioned terror-linked groups like Filistin Vakfi and Hayat Yolu.
Terrorists Hiding Behind Charities
On Hamas fundraising charities:
Using the alias Seven Spikes Global, Indonesia-based Tujah Bulah Global was created by Hamas to fundraise and provide revenue for the Hamas military wing (Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades). Similarly, the Gaza-based Madad Palestine Charitable Society was also created by Hamas as a front to raise funds for the Hamas military wing. Madad Palestine Charitable Society funds were collected reportedly for the benefit of civilians but were instead knowingly diverted by Hamas for military purposes.
Tujah Bulah Global and Madad Palestine Charitable Society are being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Hamas.
Organized Criminal Banking
More from the Treasury Department on the Hamas money exchange:
Türkiye-based El-Kahira for General Trading (El-Kahira) has transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars for Hamas. Türkiye-based Khuldun Khamis Zakaria Alden (Alden) is the owner of El-Kahira, while Türkiye-based Zaid Issam Ahmed Al-Jebouri (Zaid), and Abdullah Issam Ahmad Al-Jebouri (Abdullah) are shareholders of El-Kahira. El-Kahira provided underground banking services, servicing both fiat and cryptocurrencies, to known Sweden-based organized crime groups like Foxtrot Network. Zaid and Abdullah also provided underground banking services for a separate organized criminal group.
El-Kahira for General Trading and Khuldun Khamis Zakaria Alden are being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Hamas.
Zaid Issam Ahmed Al-Jebouri and Abdullah Issam Ahmad Al-Jebouri are being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for owning or controlling, directly or indirectly, El-Kahira for General Trading.
The Treasury Department is ramping up its aggressive crackdown on Muslim terrorist entities, and they are systematically going after and dismantling their global money pipelines. It’s long, long overdue.
The Treasury has been busy this year going after terrorist networks and their funds, including a March 12 dragnet where they targeted four fake non-profits, including Türkiye-based Ghazi Destek Dernegi and Indonesia’s KNRP. They got their hands on Hamas documents proving that terrorists were secretly funneling cash, supplies, and construction materials exclusively to armed militants in Gaza.
Another operation that took place on January 21 exposed six Gaza-based front groups posing as medical clinics, including the Waed Society and Al-Nur Society, that were directly integrated into Hamas’s security apparatus, according to the Daily Wire.
The Treasury has also sanctioned the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA) and UK organizer Zaher Khaled Hassan Birawi for orchestrating political propaganda and Gaza-bound “flotillas” at the command of terrorist leaders.
The designations were issued under Executive Order 13224, the US’s core counterterrorism sanctions authority. All property and interests of the designated individuals and entities within US jurisdiction are blocked, and US citizens are typically prohibited from engaging in transactions involving them.
The US designated the Muslim Brotherhood branches in Egypt and Jordan as terrorist organizations back in January. The Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood was at the same time designated as a foreign terrorist organization.
