Paris association leader detained over Hamas funds
The president of an association in the Gironde department in southwestern France, Fawzi B., has been placed in pre-trial detention as part of a judicial investigation in Paris concerning illegal funding of Hamas through humanitarian organizations. Authorities accuse him of financing the movement, which is believed to have raised more than two million dollars since 2020, including 1.5 million dollars following Hamas's attack on Israel in October 2023. Additionally, he is suspected of sending hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency to a member of Hamas's armed wing. He and four others have been formally charged, and his name has previously appeared on the U.S. blacklist. According to American authorities, he has assisted in raising funds for Hamas over a six-year period.
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