Picasso and Warhol paintings belonging to ‘Hezbollah financier’ to be sold

Artwork by Pablo Picasso that belonged to Nazem Ahmad, a man designated by US authorities as a suspected financier for the militant group Hezbollah, is to be sold with others, and the funds reinvested into the police, Scotland Yard has said - (Metropolitan Police)

Two paintings by Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol, previously owned by a wealthy art collector suspected of financing Hezbollah, are set to be sold, with the proceeds being reinvested into the police, according to Scotland Yard.

The artworks were seized from Nazem Ahmad, who has been designated by US authorities as a suspected financier for the Lebanese organisation. Hezbollah has been banned as a terrorist group in the UK since 2019.