Guinea seizes assets of tycoons linked to Hezbollah

A prosecutor in Guinea has ordered the seizure of the assets of two Guinean businessmen of Lebanese descent who have been linked to funding militant group Hezbollah.

Guinea's prosecutor Alphonse Charles Wright did not elaborate whether Ali Saade and Ibrahim Taher were under arrest.

It is unclear if the two have commented on the accusations.

The seizure order comes after the two were sanctioned by the US Treasury for alleged money laundering and financing of terrorism over their links with Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shia Islamist political and paramilitary group in Lebanon.

The US Treasury said the action was "aimed at disrupting Hezbollah’s business network in West Africa".

This article originally appeared on BBC News

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