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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
…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 […]
A State Department official admitted in a Congressional hearing that the Jihadist terrorist group Hezbollah is raising money in Venezuela, but the Obama administration continues to soft sell Hezbollah activities in the Western hemisphere… http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/hezbollah-activity-venezuela-limited-fun
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