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Whereas, in July 2012, a Hizballah terror attack, carried out 
by an operative with dual Lebanese-French citizenship, in 
Burgas, Bulgaria, killed 5 Israeli tourists and 1 Bul-
garian; 
Whereas, in March 2013, a Swedish-Lebanese Hizballah op-
erative in Cyprus was convicted of planning terror at-
tacks against Israeli tourists; 
Whereas, in June 2015, a Hizballah operative was sentenced 
to 6 years in prison after he stockpiled more than 8 tons 
of ammonium nitrate in Cyprus; 
Whereas the Hizballah International Financing Prevention 
Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–102) and the Hizballah 
International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 
2018 (Public Law 115–272) broadened financial sector 
sanctions against Hizballah to compel foreign financial 
institutions to refrain from supporting the terrorist 
group; 
Whereas, in May 2018, the Department of the Treasury im-
posed sanctions on Abdullah Safi-Al-Din, Hizballah’s rep-
resentative to Iran, Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi, a 
Hizballah financier, and blacklisted 5 of Bazzi’s compa-
nies, including Belgian energy services conglomerate 
Global Trading Group NV; 
Whereas, in October 2018, French police raided the Islamic 
Zahra Centre on suspicion of supporting Hizballah, freez-
ing the organization’s funds, and seizing illegal weapons; 
Whereas, in September 2020, 4 former leaders of the Zahra 
Centre France were arrested on suspicion of continuing 
to run that association and supporting Hizballah; 
Whereas, in July 2019, the Department of the Treasury des-
ignated 2 Hizballah-backed members of Lebanese Par-
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liament, Amin Sherri and Muhammad Hasan Ra’d, and 
Hizballah security official Wafiq Safa, stating that 
Hizballah uses its operatives in parliament to advance its 
violent activities; 
Whereas, as of April 2021, Germany believed there to be 
1,250 people with suspected links to Hizballah in the 
country; 
Whereas Europol’s June 2022 European Union Terrorism 
Situation and Trend Report outlined that Hizballah ‘‘has 
been using the EU as a base for fundraising, recruit-
ment, and criminal activities’’, and the report also stated 
that Hizballah ‘‘is suspected of managing the transpor-
tation and distribution of illegal drugs into the EU, deal-
ing with firearms trafficking and running professional 
money laundering operations that include the provision of 
money laundering services for other criminal organiza-
tions’’; 
Whereas United States-led Project Cassandra and Operation 
Cedar exposed the criminal-business wing of Hizballah, 
the Business Affairs Component (BAC) of Hezbollah’s 
External Security Organization; 
Whereas, during Project Cassandra, Hizballah elements in-
volved in drug trafficking were arrested in the United 
States, South America, and several European countries, 
including France, Belgium, Germany, and Italy; 
Whereas Hizballah’s criminal activity in Europe is run by the 
BAC, 
which 
reports 
to 
the 
External 
Security 
Organisation, also known as Unit 910, or the Islamic 
Jihad Organization, and Abdallah Safieddine, Hizballah’s 
representative in Iran, is also involved in this activity; 
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Whereas, in August 2020, United Nations Secretary General 
Guterres called on Lebanon to disarm Hizballah, citing 
the terror group’s persistent violation of Resolution 1701 
(2006); 
Whereas Iran is the prime sponsor of Hizballah, harboring, 
financing, training, and arming the group; 
Whereas the Department of the Treasury and Department of 
State 
estimate 
that 
Iran 
provides 
as 
much 
as 
$700,000,000 per year to Hizballah in the form of finan-
cial and logistical support, weapons, and training; 
Whereas Hizballah now has an arsenal of approximately 
150,000 missiles and rockets, with increased sophistica-
tion and many of which can reach deep into Israel; 
Whereas Hizballah fighters have been supporting the Assad 
regime in Syria, often leading operations in the conflict 
which has left more than 500,000 dead; 
Whereas Hizballah trains and provides weapons for militias 
in Iraq and Yemen, further destabilizing the region and 
perpetuating violence in those countries; 
Whereas Hizballah activities continue to plague Lebanon with 
profound economic and political instability and violence; 
Whereas Hizballah’s cross border illicit arms and drugs traf-
ficking undermines the Lebanese Armed Forces, the le-
gitimate security establishment of the country as outlined 
in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 
(2006); 
Whereas, in October 2012, Hizballah Deputy Secretary Gen-
eral Naim Qassem stated that ‘‘[Hizballah does not] have 
a military wing and a political one . . . Every element 
of Hizballah, from commanders to members as well as 
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our various capabilities, are in the service of the resist-
ance’’; 
Whereas the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, 
the Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, 
Serbia, and Kosovo, among others, have declared 
Hizballah in its entirety as a terror organization; 
Whereas, in March 2016, the Gulf Cooperation Council for-
mally branded Hizballah, in its entirety, a terrorist orga-
nization, and the League of Arab States shortly there-
after adopted the same designation; 
Whereas the Department of the Treasury has diligently 
added persons and entities to the list of Specially Des-
ignated Global Terrorists who have provided material 
support to the Hizballah terrorist organization, thereby 
hampering its financing and logistical capabilities; 
Whereas the European Union, in July 2013, designated 
Hizballah’s so-called ‘‘military wing’’, but not the organi-
zation as a whole, as a terrorist organization; 
Whereas, despite restrictions put on Hizballah since the des-
ignation of its military wing, the group continues to con-
duct illicit narcotrafficking, money laundering, and weap-
ons trafficking throughout Europe and the world; and 
Whereas the House of Representatives has previously called 
on the European Union to fully designate Hizballah as 
a terrorist organization, passing House Resolution 359 in 
October 2017 and House Resolution 558 on September 
20, 2022: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) applauds and expresses support for the con-
tinued, increased cooperation between the United 
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States and the European Union (EU) in thwarting 
Hizballah’s criminal and terrorist activities; 
(2) supports transcontinental efforts within Eu-
rope to share intelligence information among police 
and security services to facilitate greater cooperation 
in tracking, apprehending, and prosecuting terror-
ists, foreign fighters, and potential offenders; 
(3) encourages the European Union to imple-
ment sanctions against Hizballah-affiliated terrorists 
in tandem with the United States; 
(4) recommends greater civil society engage-
ment in both the United States and Europe to un-
derscore Hizballah’s malign regional influence; and 
(5) urges the European Union to designate 
Hizballah in its entirety as a terrorist organization 
and increase pressure on the group, including 
through— 
(A) facilitating better cross-border coopera-
tion between European Union members in com-
bating Hizballah; 
(B) issuing arrest warrants against mem-
bers and active supporters of Hizballah; 
(C) freezing Hizballah’s assets in Europe, 
including those masquerading as charities; and 
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(D) prohibiting fundraising activities in 
support of Hizballah. 
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