U.S. quietly rolling up Hezbollah financing in Latin America
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 […]
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 years, Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad have been raising funds through extortion and blackmail from Arab residents of the Latin countries and processing the funds through the tri-border area where Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet as well as, in more recent years, the Islamic “Cultural” Center on Margarita Island, Venezuela. [Hugo Chavez] has formed […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated four individuals and three entities involved in laundering the proceeds of narcotics trafficking for drug kingpin Ayman Joumaa. Treasury also designated a Colombia-based individual under its terrorism authority, Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, for directing Hezbollah’s fundraising activities in the Americas. This individual was previously designated under […]
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy has published a good report on the Jihadist terrorist group Hezbollah’s (spelled in the report as “Hizballah”) criminal activities, their money laundering and finance activities in particular, which will no doubt be of interest to SFW readers. Here are some excerpts and a link to the full report: […]
…intelligence reports show Hezbollah has been financing training camps and propaganda operations in South America, according to U.S. officials. Their biggest boost came from an agreement signed in 2007 between Venezuelan President Chavez and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The two leaders agreed to use part of a joint $2 billion investment fund to thwart what […]
The report gives no details on the activities of the Iranians in Venezuela and Latin America. Iranian-backed terrorists have conducted few attacks in the region. However, U.S. intelligence officials say Qods operatives are developing networks of terrorists in the region who could be called to attack the United States in the event of a conflict […]
Douglas Farah on Iran’s Expanding Latin American Reach
Douglas Farah is one of America’s most valuable experts on the subject of Jihad and the financial aspects of Islamist terrorism. On Friday, 23 October, Farah posted an excellent article on Iran’s continuously growing activities in the Western Hemisphere, with a particular emphasis on Iran’s inroads into the financial services sector in Central and South […]
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