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Hezbollah Financier Arrested
[NBCNEWS] A top financial supporter of Hezbollah was tossed in the slammerDrop the rod and step away witcher hands up! overseas earlier this month on an 11-count indictment unsealed Friday in federal court. Kassim Tajideen of Beirut, Leb is charged with evading U.S. sanctions placed on his because of his financial support for Hezbollah, officially designated as a terror group by the U.S. government. The arrest came after a two-year investigation let by the Drug Enforcement Administration, and is part of Project Cassandra, which targets Hezbollah's global support network. Tajideen is accused of operating front companies for Hezbollah, and was named a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in 2009. The indictment says that over the past three years, Tajideen transferred more than $27 million via at least 47 wire transfers to individuals in the U.S., who helped Tajideen continue to do business with U.S. companies and ship U.S. goods out of the U.S. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-25 |
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