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| multi-country drug bust firmly ties hezbollah to Latin American drug trafficking |
| 2008-10-25 |
| This is the clearest publicly-available case that shows how organized criminal groups and terrorist organizations are broadening and strengthening their links. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), responsible for several significant busts recently, led this one too. The operation has been underway for several years, and has yielded a trove of information on Hezbollah's ties to the Lebanese diaspora in Latin America, and the money ring that stretches through Venezuela, Panama, Guatemala, Hong Kong, the United States, Europe and Lebanon. The size of the network, the ability to function across religious and ethnic lines, and ability of all groups to profit from the criminal enterprise should give one pause. The profits from the sales of drugs went to finance Hezbollah," said Gladys Sanchez, lead investigator for the special prosecutor's office in Bogota, in an interview. "This is an example of how narco-trafficking is a theme of interest to all criminal organizations, the FARC, the paramilitaries and terrorists." |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #6 Imma gonna traffic in incandescent lightbulbs when they become banned. Imma gonna make a killin! |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-10-25 17:12 |
| #5 Correct TW. Next is Boosterspice |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-10-25 16:05 |
| #4 The predators are the politicians who keep drugs illegal. If drugs were legal these people would be trafficking in whatever remained illegal, Nimble Spemble. When Prohibition ended the various Mobs turned to illegal drugs, because alcohol was no longer profitable enough. Bottom line, there will be illegal traffic, traffickers, and users, regardless the exact commodity. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-10-25 12:26 |
| #3 With the drop in oil prices, there will be less money from there for terrorists activities. They will need to depend more on drugs, extortion, sex trade, etc., to keep up their activity level. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-10-25 12:00 |
| #2 The predators are the politicians who keep drugs illegal. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-10-25 09:15 |
| #1 Predators. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-10-25 08:58 |