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Interior Ministry Refers to Prosecution Individuals who received Financial Transfers from Qatar

2021-09-30 - 4:45 am

Bahrain Mirror: The Interior Ministry announced that it has referred some individuals to the Public Prosecution for being involved in suspicious money transfers with a financial source of the terrorist group, Hezbollah.

"The FID said an investigation was launched in cooperation with relevant authorities based on received information about a group of individuals involved in suspicious commercial activities. The probe, after a warrant was issued by the Public Prosecution to track their financial operation, revealed that a person in Qatar and who is linked to a financial source for the terrorist Hezbollah had made suspicious transfers of vast amounts of money from this particular country," the ministry said in an official statement on Wednesday (September 29, 2021).

It added "The investigation affirmed that the transfers were received by some individuals who bought properties in the Kingdom of Bahrain to cover up their activities and benefit from the revenues to finance terrorism. The FID said that the properties were seized per legal procedures."

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