The Trump administration is offering rewards of up to $10 million each for information that disrupts the finances of Lebanon's terrorist Hezbollah organization.
The State and Treasury departments said the money can be provided for those who expose "a source of revenue for Hezbollah or its key financial facilitation mechanisms… major Hezbollah donors or financial facilitators… financial institutions or exchange houses facilitating Hezbollah transactions… businesses or investments owned or controlled by Hezbollah or its financiers… front companies engaged in international procurement of dual-use technology on behalf of Hezbollah," and "criminal schemes involving Hezbollah members and supporters which financially benefit the organization."
The payments will be made by the State Department's "Rewards for Justice" program that usually offers cash for information leading to the whereabouts of wanted terrorists. This is the first time the program has been used to target a financial network.
Since it began in 1984, Rewards for Justice has paid more than $150 million to more than 100 people who have provided information about terrorists or prevented terror attacks.
A Politico bombshell in December 2017 exposed the network of money-laundering and other crimes perpetrated by Hezbollah, which the Obama administration let pass in order to finalize the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
