Naser Hasan Neser

Naser Hasan Neser is a U.S.-designated Lebanese citizen and Hezbollah financial operative. The U.S. government accuses Neser of being a managing partner at the Lebanon-based Auditors for Accounting and Auditing (“Auditors”), which Treasury accused of providing financial services to Hezbollah’s Central Finance Unit.“Treasury Sanctions Hizballah Accountants and Weapons Facilitator,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, December 1, 2022, https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1135.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) levied financial sanctions on Neser on December 1, 2022, labeling him a Specially Designated Global Terrorist because of his affiliation with Auditors. The same day, Treasury sanctioned Auditors for Accounting and Auditing for being owned, controlled, or directed by Ibrahim Daher, who was designated in May 2021 for acting on behalf of Hezbollah as the chief of Hezbollah’s Central Finance Unit. Daher is also a majority owner and managing partner of Auditors who has held a senior managerial function within the company for years. According to Treasury, Neser was a managing partner at Auditors, held minority ownership in the company, and was listed as an authorized signatory, manager, and legal representative of the company. In addition, Treasury accused Neser of reporting to senior Hezbollah Executive Council and Central Finance Unit officials, including Daher, about Auditors’ activities. Treasury also accused Auditors of providing financial services to Hezbollah’s Central Finance Unit.“Treasury Sanctions Hizballah Accountants and Weapons Facilitator,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, December 1, 2022, https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1135.

Treasury also sanctioned Hezbollah financier Adel Mansour. According to U.S. Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson, the public personas as financial professions and institutions used by Neser, Mansour, Auditors, and Daher “is just another way Hezbollah hides its abuse of the financial system to support its destabilizing agenda.”“Treasury Sanctions Hizballah Accountants and Weapons Facilitator,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, December 1, 2022, https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1135.

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Extremist entity
Hezbollah
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Type(s) of Organization:
Militia, political party, social-service provider, terrorist, transnational, violent
Ideologies and Affiliations:
Iranian-sponsored, Islamist, jihadist, Khomeinist, Shiite
Position(s):
Financier

Hezbollah is an Iranian-sponsored, internationally sanctioned terrorist group with an anti-Israel and anti-U.S. agenda. Hezbollah is primarily based in Lebanon, but has carried out terrorist and criminal operations around the world.

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United States
  • December 1, 2022

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Naser Hasan Neser a Specially Designated Global Terrorist on December 1, 2022.“Treasury Sanctions Hizballah Accountants and Weapons Facilitator,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, December 1, 2022, https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1135.

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