By Sanna Camara
US Department of Justice on Friday announced that Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conducting business with persons under US designated terrorist groups like Hizbollah in Lebanon.

Muhammad Bazzi as a former business ally of Presidet Jammeh, has been on the US Department Watch List after designation as a person of interest in US global terrorist financing network He was arrested in Romania in 2023 and extradited to the US thereafter.

“Today, Specially Designated Global Terrorist Mohammad Bazzi accepted responsibility for his role in conspiring to secretly move hundreds of thousands of dollars from the United States to Lebanon in violation of sanctions placed on him for assisting the terrorist group Hizballah,” stated United States Attorney Peace. “This outcome demonstrates our commitment to enforcing sanctions imposed to starve terrorism financiers of funds, and the stark consequences that will be enforced when they are ignored.”

When convicted, he faced up to 20 years in prison, forfeit over $800, 000 transition funds nabbed by the authorities and be removed from the United States after serving the sentence.

Read below the full text of the press release from US Department of Justice:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/specially-designated-global-terrorist-mohammad-bazzi-pleads-guilty-sanctions-evasion