- 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
- Khaled Chouman works as a money changer for Shuman for Currency Exchange SARL, a company owned by his father and based in Beirut, Lebanon. The company has been used to launder and transfer money to Hamas, including from Iran. The sums of money transferred to Hamas through Shuman for Currency Exchange SARL are estimated at tens of millions of USD. Thus, Khaled Chouman participates in the financing of Hamas.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026