posted by Christopher W. Holton Excellent column from Arab News…Excerpts and LINK below… With Iraq’s foremost cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, increasingly elderly and frail, Tehran has invested millions in the cause of theocratic domination of the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, seeking to dictate the Shiite leadership succession. This includes winning the allegiance […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Hezbollah is stepping up a campaign to place its allies at the heart of Lebanon’s banking system as the US seeks to disrupt the armed group’s financial networks… https://www.thenational.ae/world/hezbollah-steps-up-campaign-for-control-of-lebanon-s-financial-system-1.1006054
posted by Christopher W. Holton The National in the United Arab Emirates has published a story with details about Mohammad Abd Al Hadi Farhat’s ties to Iran’s illicit business operations in support of jihad in Iraq. A shadowy Hezbollah intelligence operative in Iraq has close ties to what the US refers to as a key […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton In a story that has been mostly overlooked in the media, the U.S. secured the release of U.S. citizen Amer Fakhoury from custody without charge in Lebanon. You can read all about the coup at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, but the relevance from a financial standpoint is that […]
Posted by Christopher W. Holton This is a story that should be getting much more attention, but for the Wuhan virus dominating the news. This guy lived for 13 years in Austria and sent money back to Lebanon to fund the Jihadist terrorist organization Hezbollah. This shows the degree to which Hezbollah has embedded itself […]
U.S. quietly rolling up Hezbollah financing in Latin America
On October 10, 2018 · In Hezbollah, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, LATIN AMERICA, Terror Funding
posted by Christopher Holton Hezbollah has for decades been building up infrastructure and support in Latin America. This process has gone largely unchecked until recently. As Joseph Humire reports in The Hill, that appears to be changing now… On July 11, 2018, the government of Argentina took its first action against Hezbollah by freezing the […]
VIDEO: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah reveals his monthly salary from #Iran pic.twitter.com/5Sfj06x4Jr — Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) January 4, 2018 Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah reveals his monthly salary from Iran
posted by Christopher W Holton Politico has a blockbuster and exhaustive report posted that details Hezbollah’s criminal enterprises that finance its Jihad…and how Barack Obama’s desperation to reach a nuclear deal with Iran ended up blocking the task force that was going after them… https://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/obama-hezbollah-drug-trafficking-investigation/
posted by Christopher W. Holton Up until the September 11, 2001, attacks against the United States, Hezbollah, Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Shiite Party of God, was responsible for the deaths of more Americans than any other terrorist group in the world. Hezbollah introduced suicide bombings into the regional vernacular. The group, supported and fueled by the Iranian […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton The Obama administration “systematically disbanded” law enforcement investigative units across the federal government focused on disrupting Iranian, Syrian, and Venezuelan terrorism financing networks out of concern the work could cause friction with Iranian officials and scuttle the nuclear deal with Iran, according to a former U.S. official who spent decades […]
posted by Christopher Holton Attacking Hezbollah’s Financial Network: Policy Options Hearing 06.08.2017 10:00am 2172 Rayburn Full Committee Chairman Royce on the hearing: “Hezbollah is a top terrorist threat to the U.S. and our allies. And as Iran’s proxy it operates internationally – massacring civilians in Syria, attacking Americans and Israelis, and laundering drugs and cash. […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton There are rumblings that Washington is preparing more wide-ranging sanctions aimed at the Jihadist terrorist organization Hezbollah. These sanctions are well-deserved and overdue. Not only did Hezbollah kill 241 US Marines, sailors and soldiers in Beirut on 23 October 1983, they also participated heavily in the insurgency in Iraq, trained […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Gilbert Chagoury donated millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation. He also donated to a Lebanese organization with financial ties to Hezbollah, designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. State Department. Let that sink in. Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. A huge donor to her family foundation […]
The Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act, which was adopted unanimously by the Senate and House of Representatives, has been signed into law. Hezbollah’s drug business, money laundering, and other criminal activities are critical for funding its Jihad. The new law seeks to “prevent Hezbollah’s global logistics and financial network from operating in order to curtail […]
Two Beirut residents have been arrested on U.S. charges that they took part in an alleged scheme to help Hezbollah launder drug money, and to funnel thousands of weapons and military parts to criminal groups in Lebanon and Iran. Iman Kobeissi, 50, was arraigned in Brooklyn on Friday and held without bail, following her arrest […]
“You are talking about funding terrorist networks up to the tune of close to $750 billion,” Rouzer said. “We’ve heard the figure $150 billion, but by [Israel’s] estimates Iran would have access to close to $750 billion… If they even use 10 percent of that for terrorist activity, that is a tremendous….influx of cash that would be going […]
Iran has made clear it will continue supporting proxies waging war against Israel. “The leader of Iran, [Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei, said yesterday, and I quote, ‘We will use all means to support all those who fight Israel,’” Netanyahu said. “Iranian Foreign Minister [Mohammad Javad] Zarif said a few days ago in Beirut, after meeting the […]
The Argentine news agency Infobae has issued a report that details Hezbollah’s extensive operations in Latin America. The report indicates that not only is Hezbollah active throughout the region, it also generates up to $100 million annually from criminal activity in Latin America–particularly drug trafficking and human trafficking. This is yet another indication of the […]
For decades the US State Department and many foreign countries have labeled the Islamic Republic of Iran as the world’s most active state sponsor of terrorism. That’s because Iran has bankrolled Hezbollah, HAMAS, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Al Qaeda over the years. Despite this track record of savagery, the Obama administration seems hell-bent for leather […]
From the Washington Free Beacon… The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation accepted millions of dollars from a former deputy prime minister of Lebanon known for defending Hezbollah… Issam Fares, a Lebanese billionaire, …has given between $1 and $5 million in donations to the Clintons’ foundation with donations coming as recently as last year… Fares was […]
Hezbollah’s Jihadist tentacles spread far and wide. The latest evidence comes from Nigeria, where Hezbollah is involved in extensive drug trafficking and money laundering activities to finance its terrorism… https://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2015/03/03/hezbollah-financier-in-nigeria-exposed/
FBI: Former Venezuelan Ambassador to Lebanon Was Hezbollah Fundraiser
On February 5, 2015 · In Hezbollah, Iran, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Lebanon, Terror Funding, Venezuela
The connection between Venezuela’s socialist dictatorship and the Shariah-ruled Islamic Republic of Iran has been well-documented over the years. And that relationship naturally extends to Iran’s proxy: the Jihadist terrorist group Hezbollah. But up to now the level of cooperation between Venezuela and Hezbollah was largely unknown. No any more. A new report has emerged […]
The prominent Brazilian newspaper, O Globo reported recently that the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group has links with Brazil’s largest criminal gang, First Capital Command (PCC). According to the O Globo report on November 9, the Brazilian government has tried to minimize the issue of Hezbollah activity in the region. But in the past eight years, […]
U.S. Combat Veterans Sue Big Banks for Facilitating Iranian Terrorism
On November 14, 2014 · In Barclays, Hezbollah, HSBC, Iran, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Terror Funding
More than 80 wounded U.S. combat veterans and their families have filed suit against several of the world’s largest banks, which they accuse of facilitating financial transfers on behalf of Iran that directly led to the killing and wounding of U.S. troops in Iraq. More than 200 plaintiffs have signed onto the suit, which targets some of […]
In a unanimous 404-0 vote, the House just passed the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014, which would implement strong sanctions on the Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah by restricting its access to the global financial system. Sponsored by Mark Meadows–R (NC), the bill had 319 co-sponsors. The bill must now clear the Senate before heading to […]
The indispensable Money Jihad blog has published an excellent list of 10 companies that support and profit from terrorism. This is required reading… http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2014/07/15/10-companies-that-make-money-from-terror-ties/
In a major decision that will affect the high-profile Arab Bank terrorism finance case in the US and the future of terrorism financing cases, the US government has told the US Supreme Court that it supports the case going to trial, but potentially undermined the case’s strength (emphasis added). The decision late Tuesday came in the […]
Germany Outlaws Islamic Charity for Funding Hezbollah
On April 21, 2014 · In Germany, Hezbollah, Islamic charities, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Terror Funding
An Islamic charity known as the “Orphan Children Project Lebanon” (Waisenkinderprojekt Libanon) was recently shut down by German authorities in police raids for raising millions of euros for Hezbollah and the families of suicide bombers. The organization, based in the western city of Essen, had raised €3.3 million in donations between 2007 and 2013 for the Lebanese […]
A U.S. grand jury is probing whether Deutsche Boerse AG’s Clearstream Banking SA unit took any steps to benefit Iran and its central bank, according to a court filing in a case that stems from the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut. The grand jury subpoena issued in New York seeks documents […]
An Ontario Superior Court of Justice awarded $7-million worth of Iranian state assets in Canada to victims of terrorism. Money that Iran had stashed in Canadian bank accounts, as well as two properties in Toronto and Ottawa, will soon be liquidated for distribution. Sheriffs have been ordered to sell Iran’s properties, empty its bank accounts and […]
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