Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says Canadian national security agencies are looking right into a B.C. company accused of economic ties to the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.
The RCMP and Canadian Security Intelligence Service are “reviewing the situation after which they may have more to say,” the minister, who oversees the agencies, said on Wednesday.
Anandasangaree was responding to a Global News report that the U.S. government had sanctioned a Vancouver company over its alleged role in a $100-million Hezbollah financial network.
Seven Seas for International Trading and Logistics was formed in B.C. in 2022 by three directors, all based in Qatar. Corporate records obtained by Global News show it stays energetic.
It has not been sanctioned by Canada.
The B.C. government said it had reached out to the federal government about Seven Seas, since Ottawa is liable for sanctions related to terrorist financing.
“Any next steps from the province would be told by that engagement with our federal partners,” the B.C. Finance Ministry said in an announcement.
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Neither the RCMP nor CSIS has yet responded to questions on the corporate. Global Affairs Canada has not responded to questions sent on Monday.
Hezbollah is a key a part of Iran’s so-called axis of resistance, a group of terrorist factions that serve Tehran’s interests through the Middle East.
Canada calls Hezbollah “a radical Shia group ideologically inspired by the Iranian revolution.” The Lebanese faction is involved within the U.S. and Israeli war that began on Feb. 28.
Canadian security agencies have long accused it of fundraising and money laundering within the country.
Asked why Canadians had only heard in regards to the Vancouver company consequently of U.S. enforcement motion, Anandasangaree repeated that more information could be coming.
“We frequently don’t discuss matters which might be under investigation, and as you’re aware, there are a selection of things that our law enforcement do, including on national security matters, and that is one among those matters where they may have more say.”
The U.S. sanctions allege the B.C. company is an element of a network led by “Hezbollah financier” Alaa Hamieh that spans Lebanon, Syria, Poland, Slovenia, Qatar and Canada.
Its founder, Raoof Fadel, “is involved in quite a few projects with Alaa Hamieh and the Hizballah finance team,” based on the press release announcing the sanctions.
The U.S. Treasury statement said Seven Seas was “Hezbollah-associated” and was the “Canadian branch of Alaa Hamieh’s similarly named Lebanese corporations.”
Reached by Global News on Wednesday, Fadel said from Qatar that he was consulting his lawyer prior to commenting.
Stewart.Bell@globalnews.ca
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