; Whereas, in September 2020, 4 former leaders of the Zahra Centre France were arrested on suspicion of continuing to run that association and supporting Hizballah; Whereas, in July 2019, the Department of the Treasury designated 2 Hizballah-backed members of Lebanese Parliament, Amin Sherri and Muhammad Hasan Ra’d, and Hizballah security official Wafiq Safa, stating that Hizballah uses its operatives in parliament to advance its violent activities; Whereas, as of April 2021, Germany believed there to be 1,250 people with suspected links to Hizballah in the country; Whereas Europol’s June 2022 European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report outlined that Hizballah has been using the EU as a base for fundraising, recruitment, and criminal activities , and the report also stated that Hizballah is suspected of managing the transportation and distribution of illegal drugs into the EU, dealing with firearms trafficking and running professional money laundering operations that include the provision of money laundering services for other criminal organizations ; Whereas United States-led Project Cassandra and Operation Cedar exposed the criminal-business wing of Hizballah, the Business Affairs Component (BAC) of Hezbollah’s External Security Organization; Whereas, during Project Cassandra, Hizballah elements involved in drug trafficking were arrested in the United States, South America, and several European countries, including France, Belgium, Germany, and Italy; Whereas Hizballah’s criminal activity in Europe is run by the BAC, which reports to the External Security Organisation, also known as Unit 910, or the Islamic Jihad Organization, and Abdallah Safieddine, Hizballah’s representative in Iran, is also involved in this activity; Whereas, in August 2020, United Nations Secretary General Guterres called on Lebanon to disarm Hizballah, citing the terror group’s persistent violation of Resolution 1701 (2006); Whereas Iran is the prime sponsor of Hizballah, harboring, financing, training, and arming the group