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    Autoexporteur aus Toronto wird beschuldigt, Geld für die Hisbollah gewaschen zu haben | Globalnews.ca

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    1. BerzerkoFord on

      >Canadian officials have accused a Toronto-area used car dealer of laundering money for the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah.

      >Fahed Sowane, a 57-year-old Lebanese citizen who came to Canada on a work permit in 2016, has denied the allegations.

      >But in heavily-redacted court records released to Global News, the officials called the Mississauga, Ont., resident a “danger to the security of Canada.”

      >A veteran auto trader, Sowane has exported Audi, BMW and other vehicles to the Hezbollah-controlled port of Beirut, the highly-classified documents allege.

      >Immigration officials concluded the shipments amounted to “money laundering to benefit [Hezbollah,](https://globalnews.ca/tag/hezbollah/)” according to the files.

      >As a result, the officials found Sowane inadmissible to Canada, meaning he is not allowed to remain in the country.

      >The Federal Court [upheld the decision](https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/fct/doc/2026/2026fc89/2026fc89.html) last week.

      >A former Canadian intelligence analyst who specializes in terror finance said high-end auto exports were a “very well-known Hezbollah financing technique.”

      >To move cash across borders, Hezbollah uses it to buy vehicles, which are sent to Lebanon and resold, said Jessica Davis, president of Insight Threat Intelligence.

      >“What this means is that money is moving from Canada to Lebanon but without ever touching the banking system,” the former Canadian Security Intelligence Service official said.

      >“And this is important because banks are actually pretty well equipped to detect money laundering and terrorist financing. And so this is a way that criminals circumvent all of those safeguards that we put into the financial system.”

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    2. Mr_Canada1867 on

      “As a result, the officials found Sowane inadmissible to Canada, meaning he is not allowed to remain in the country”

      Incoming refugee claim in 3…..2…..1…

    4. MilesOfPebbles on

      How the heck is this guy still allowed to not only do business, but reside in Canada?!

    7. wolfffman80 on

      Oh my I’m soooo shocked 😳not in this sweet nice country of Canada! 🇨🇦

    8. EugeneWPG on

      Could they check all the other “exporters”? I’m pretty sure that even a tiny scratch would reveal a lot of interesting things.

    9. JohnStamosSB on

      Big shocker here. A drop in the bucket though. Guaranteed this guy will still be in Canada in 2030 going through the appeals process.

    11. ochocinco_tacos on

      Get him on the next plane out of here. He had his due process and now he needs to go.

    13. Internal_Nothing_389 on

      Judging on how strict Canada has been in the past with these kinds of people. They will slap him on the wrist and set him up with a house and job in Canada.

    16. Reasonable-Sweet9320 on

      Money laundering to support a terrorist organization should result in significant jail time/deportation.

      It’s time Canada got serious about Canadians funding and facilitating foreign governments and organizations that violate international law.

      Other examples;

      [Subsidizing The Occupation: How You’ve Funded Israeli Violence Canadians have subsidized charities that the CRA found to have aided Israel’s army and settlements](https://www.readthemaple.com/subsidizing-the-occupation/)

      [Canadian charities complicit in helping fund Israeli settlement movement in West Bank, critics say](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadian-charities-israeli-settlement-movement-west-bank-9.6939381)

      [Canadian charities channeling millions to fund Israeli army, illegal West Bank settlements Ottawa’s complicity in supporting Israel’s occupation of Palestine through unchecked financial networks persists despite growing public opposition](https://thecradle.co/articles-id/33980#google_vignette)

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