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Hezbollah: Narco-Terror and Crime in Latin America

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...

Iran’s Turkey-Based Sanctions-Evasion Scheme More Extensive Than Previously Reported

Iran’s sanctions-evasion schemes involving Turkey “started earlier, lasted longer, extended further, and involved more people and countries” than previously known, according to a series of deeply...

Hezbollah Finance in Lebanon

A Primary-Source Review

How Hezbollah Collaborates With Latin American Drug Cartels

Plus, an explanation of "black cocaine" and why authorities should worry about charcoal exports.

Time to Close the Legal Loopholes that Facilitate Russian Illicit Finance

It is long past time to close this gaping hole in America’s defenses against illicit finance and malign influence.

Turkish Public Lender Pleads Not Guilty for Evading Iran Sanctions

Halkbank, a public lender majority-owned by the Turkish government, pleaded not guilty at a Manhattan court on March 31 to criminal charges that it helped Iran illicitly transfer tens of billions of dollars...

The return of the Monroe Doctrine

Sanders aside, Trump finds bipartisan support for a pro-U.S. Venezuelan leader

U.S. Prosecutors Propose Massive Contempt Fine for Sanctions-Evading Turkish Bank

U.S. prosecutors in New York asked a federal judge on January 21 to impose escalating fines on Turkey’s Halkbank for failing to respond in court to criminal charges that it helped Iran evade U.S. sanctions....

Erdoğan’s Undeserving and Underwhelming Visit to DC

Trump’s ongoing bromance with Turkey’s authoritarian leader notwithstanding, Congress and the Administration must act to make clear that the United States isn’t giving Erdoğan a blank check to act in the Middle East.

From Latin America to West Africa, Hezbollah’s complex web of connections is fuelling its terrorist activity

Despite efforts to curtail the group, its fundraising apparatus continues to thrive, thanks to strong loyalty and family bonds.

To Fight Terrorists, Follow the Money

Prosecuting money launderers is the best way to stamp out terrorism and corruption.

Suspected Hezbollah Financier Extradited to the U.S.

Paraguayan authorities extradited Nader Mohamad Farhat yesterday to Miami, where he faces criminal charges of money lau...

Pompeo Needs to Confront Paraguay’s Hezbollah Problem

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is headed to Paraguay this week to garner support for the Trump Administration’s policy of ma...

What the Trump administration should do in Latin America to go after Hezbollah

Excerpt On Friday, a Miami court sentenced Ali Nasreeddine Kassir, a Mia...

The Prospect of U.S. Sanctions Exacerbates Turkey’s Political and Economic Risks

Turkey is experiencing one of the worst economic downturns in its history.

Midterm Assessment: Hezbollah

“No faltan las pruebas”

Esta semana, el excongresista estadounidense Robert Pittenger afirmó que el grupo terrorista Hezbolá blanquea dinero en Paraguay. El canciller Luis Castiglioni pidió pruebas. Un analista norteameri...

Department of Justice right to go after Hezbollah

An excerpt from the op-ed Attorney General ...