Two Chinese-born individuals pleaded guilty last week to laundering tens of millions of dollars of drug proceeds in coordination with individuals in China and other countries. The case highlights the role...
Today’s Issue: | IDF Confirms the Death of Hashem Safieddine, Presumed Successor to Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah | IDF Eliminates Three Hezbollah Sector Commanders in Lebanon | VOA: Hezbollah Attempting...
Hours after Hamas massacred 1,200 Israelis on October 7, Hezbollah opened a second front against Israel on its northern border, re-igniting a conflict now at risk of escalating into a full-blown war. While...
Excerpt This article examines a thwarted Hezbollah terror plot targeting Jewish sites in Brazil,orchestrated by two Brazilian nationals of Middle Eastern descent, facilitated byHezbollah’s shift in...
It took quite a bit longer than it should have, but the State Department finally released its 2021 Country Reports on Terrorism. As ever, the document covers the countries that experienced attacks, those...
I oversaw the U.S. effort to capture the Russian arms dealer. Here’s what Joe Biden should know before trading him away.
A new academic center in Caracas named after the Iranian mass murderer is the latest node in Tehran’s soft power network in Latin America
If Turkey joins Syria and Lebanon as the third narco-state in the Eastern Mediterranean, this will only compound the region’s trafficking and money laundering problems, while also presenting illicit non-state actors greater opportunities to exploit.
Unless Biden responds forcefully to the latest, expect more
The Biden administration has tried to deflect anything that could possibly derail negotiations for a new nuclear deal.
By funding the failed Lebanese state and lifting sanctions on Iran, the United States is partnering with the world’s deadliest crime syndicate
German law enforcement earlier this week announced a record seizure of cocaine that had been smuggled in from Paraguay. The interdiction adds to a growing body of evidence indicating that Paraguay is fast...
Will the Biden administration go after Hezbollah’s drug trafficking and money laundering networks? Hezbollah’s direct involvement in the drug trade is well documented, ongoing, and a threat to U.S national...
Plus, an explanation of "black cocaine" and why authorities should worry about charcoal exports.
At 5:23 p.m. on July 18, 2012, a deadly explosion rocked Bulgaria’s Sarafavo airport near the Black Sea town of Burgas, killing five Jewish Israeli tourists and their Muslim Bulgarian bus driver....
A Turkish court on June 11 convicted Metin Topuz, a Turkish national and liaison officer for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration at the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul, to eight years and nine months...
David is an Expert on Countering Money Laundering and Terrorism Finance.
A crackdown is long overdue.
Fifteen Hezbollah-linked defendants accused of laundering millions of euros in South American drug money to Europe and Lebanon...
Turkish-American relations are at a boiling point. This month, the United States not only ...