Overview
- Piantedosi said funds raised under the banner of Palestinian aid were systematically diverted to Gaza structures tied to Hamas for terrorist purposes.
- Investigators describe a network using fictitious entities, cash channels and collections at mosques, religious events and public demonstrations to move money.
- Authorities report more than €7 million transferred abroad, with Turkey identified as a primary transit hub for the financial flows.
- The probe spans Genoa, Milan and Rome, with 27 people entered in the register of suspects and over 50 individuals flagged as of investigative interest.
- Operational work involves the Guardia di Finanza’s GICO and financial police unit alongside Digos and the Interior Ministry’s prevention directorate, while the Court of Cassation annulled with referral a ruling that freed Imam Mohamed Shahin, whose alleged links to figures in Hannoun’s orbit were cited by the minister.