Brazilian police on Friday arrested a man designated by the US Treasury Department as a high-ranking Hezbollah financier after neighboring Paraguay sought his detention on identity theft charges, Reuters reported, citing authorities in Brazil.
Assad Ahmad Barakat was designated by the US in 2004 as one of Hezbollah's "most prominent and influential members."
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