RCMP, CSIS review Vancouver company suspected of links to Hezbollah, minister says
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says Canada’s national security agencies are looking into a BC company suspected of having financial ties to the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.
The RCMP and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service are “reviewing the situation and will have more to say,” the minister, who oversees the agencies, said on Wednesday.
Anandasangaree was responding to a report by Global News that the US government has sanctioned a Vancouver company for its alleged role in a $100 million Hezbollah financing scheme.
Seven Seas for International Trading and Logistics was founded in BC in 2022 by three directors, all based in Qatar. Corporate records obtained by Global News show it remains active.
It was not approved by Canada.
The BC government said it has reached out to the federal government about the Seven Seas, as Ottawa faces sanctions related to terrorist financing.
“Any next steps from the province will be informed by those discussions with our federal partners,” the BC Ministry of Finance said in a statement.
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Neither the RCMP nor CSIS have responded to questions about the company. Global Affairs Canada did not respond to questions sent Monday.
Hezbollah is an important part of the so-called axis of resistance in Iran, a group of terrorist groups that serve Tehran’s interests in the Middle East.
Canada calls Hezbollah “a powerful Shia group inspired by the Iranian revolution.” The Lebanese group is involved in the war between the US and Israel that started on Feb. 28.
Canada’s security forces have long suspected it of money laundering and money laundering in the country.
Asked why Canadians only heard about the Vancouver company because of the American law enforcement action, Anandasangaree reiterated that more information is forthcoming.
“Most of the time we don’t talk about things that are being investigated, and as you know, there are many things that law enforcement does, including national security issues, and this is one of those issues where they will talk more.”
US sanctions say the BC company is part of a network led by “Hezbollah financier” Alaa Hamieh that includes Lebanon, Syria, Poland, Slovenia, Qatar and Canada.
Its founder, Raoof Fadel, “was involved in many projects with Alaa Hamieh and Hizballah’s financial team,” according to a press release announcing the sanctions.
A US Treasury statement said Seven Seas was “affiliated with Hezbollah” and “is the Canadian branch of Alaa Hamieh’s Lebanese companies.”
Reached by Global News on Wednesday, Fadel said from Qatar that he was consulting with his lawyer before commenting.
Stewart.Bell@globalnews.ca
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