Hamas has been identified as a terrorist organization in the United States, the European Union, and many other countries.

The article was written following a report published by the international news agency Reuters

Hamas controls about 40 commercial companies in Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Algeria and Sudan. Most of these companies are in the field of real estate and infrastructure. These companies manage huge projects and hold assets for Hamas, valued at half a billion dollars. The profits from this portfolio are used to fund Hamas terrorist activities and military construction projects, such as the purchase of weapons.

The companies are ostensibly carrying out legitimate and innocent activities. They have business relationships with leading international companies and banks in Europe, report to the tax authorities, manage their accounting records and work with banks, insurance companies, suppliers and customers on a regular basis. However, these companies are actually controlled by Hamas members. Hamas exploits the light regulations in the countries in which it operates, endangering banks, insurance companies, accounting firms and other financial services providers by laundering funds used to support terrorism to their systems without their knowledge.

Hamas uses a variety of methods that are often used to launder capital in order to hide its control over these companies and to hide the fact that the money is used to finance terrorist activities. This is how Hamas operates a secret investment system