Overview
- The Treasury on Thursday announced a third wave of sanctions this year that names a UK‑based Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader and multiple people and organisations accused of channeling money to Hamas.
- Mahmoud al‑Abyari, a senior UK‑resident Brotherhood official, was designated for allegedly raising funds for groups previously sanctioned for supporting Hamas and now faces U.S. asset freezes and a travel ban.
- The package includes Madad Palestine Charitable Society and Turkey‑based El Kahira for General Trading, which the Treasury says diverted civilian donations to Hamas’s military wing and moved hundreds of thousands of dollars to the group.
- Officials described a multi‑layered typology of abuse that uses sham charities, commercial fronts and underground banking — including fiat and crypto services — to disguise cross‑border transfers and link to organised‑crime networks.
- The measures build on January and March actions and are likely to prompt diplomatic and legal questions for allied countries where targets are based while U.S. officials press partners to tighten enforcement.