OFAC DESIGNATES GIBRAN BASSIL, PRESIDENT OF THE FREE PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT IN LEBANON

On 6 November, OFAC advised that Gibran Bassil, the President of the Free Patriotic Movement, a Lebanese political party reportedly allied with Hezbollah, and a Member of Parliament had been added to its SDN Lists pursuant to its Global Magnitsky sanctions for alleged corruption.

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20201106

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1177

https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/mena/why-us-sanctions-on-lebanon-s-gebran-bassil-won-t-make-a-difference-1.1107039

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