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 […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton The U.S. is pursuing sanctions against 18 individuals and other entities for supporting Iran’s ballistic missile program and other factors, including Iran’s “egregious human rights record,” the State Department announced Tuesday. “Iran continues to support terrorist groups such as Hizballah, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad that threaten Israel and stability […]
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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