- Programme
- Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Ordinance of 10 April 2024 on measures against persons and organisations supporting Hamas or the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (SR 946.231.09), art. 2 para. 1 (Financial sanctions) and art. 3 para. 1 (Travel ban), annex
- Stated grounds
- Zuheir Shamlakh is a financial facilitator and money changer who enables financial transfers from Iran to Hamas. He uses his companies Al-Markaziya li-Siarafa and Arab China Trading Company to channel funds to the Izz al-Din al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. Zuheir Shamlakh was instrumental in Hamas’ shift towards cryptocurrencies to avoid being detected by Israeli authorities. Zuheir Shamlakh therefore participates in the financing of Hamas.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026