Posted on 04/30/2009 3:59:46 PM PDT by Cindy
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
- In cooperation with various other countries, Dutch authorities have rounded up a big cocaine gang that had links with Hezbollah. Seventeen suspects were arrested on Curacao, the biggest island of the Netherlands Antilles, the Public Prosecutor's Office (OM) has revealed.
International cooperation between police and judicial services of the Netherlands and the Netherlands Antilles, Belgium, Colombia, Venezuela and the US led to the arrest of the 17 suspects by the Curacao police. They are believed to be part of a drugs and money-laundering organisation with international branches, thought to be responsible for the import and export of at least 2,000 kilos of cocaine per year, according to the OM. "The organisation maintained international contacts with other criminal networks, which in the Middle East support Hezbollah financially".
In this investigation, launched at the beginning of 2008, containers with cocaine were intercepted earlier in Rotterdam (300 kilos), the Spanish city of Valencia (20 kilos) and the Belgian city of Antwerp (140 kilos). Three Colombian suspects have for some time been in pre-trial custody for their involvement in the Rotterdam shipment, discovered in October 2008.
The 17 suspects now arrested are from Venezuela, Colombia, Lebanon and Cuba as well as Curacao. The organisation shipped containers with cocaine from Curacao to the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Jordan. From Venezuela, drugs containers went to West Africa and subsequently to the Netherlands, Lebanon and Spain. Couriers smuggled cocaine from Curacao and Aruba to the Netherlands as air passengers.
The suspects invested the drugs profits in property in Colombia, Venezuela, Lebanon, the Dominican Republic and in companies on Curacao. "Large sums of money from the drugs trade have become available in Lebanon via underground bankers. From Lebanon, orders are also placed for weapons, which had to be delivered by the drugs organisation from South America."
Hat Tip:
Jawa Report
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/197484.php
Hat Tip:
Fausta’s Blog
http://faustasblog.com/?p=12045
It would also deprive the criminals in government of their justification to jail citizens and confiscate property.
Terrorism is financed by government.
it is nice to see Venezuela at the top of the list. Hugo Chavez is getting more involved in trafficking every day. This will eventually kill him!!!!
I should add: NOTHING HAPPENS IN VENEZUELA without the permission of Chavez and his ruling thugs. Question, who didn’t pay off the right people? Follow the money!
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Human Events
Posted on 04/30/2009 10:32:10 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241379/posts
Yes, Venezuela being involved caught my eye.
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Time for a look back ON THE INTERNET:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2216502/posts?page=29#29
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019722/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928119/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820494/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1761584/posts?page=1465#1465
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stepping back in time...
QUOTE:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069454/posts
“Hezbollah presence in Venzuela feared”
la times ^ | 8/28/08 | By Chris Kraul and Sebastian Rotella
Posted on August 27, 2008 5:41:50 PM PDT by Flavius
Western anti-terrorism officials are increasingly concerned
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
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stepping back in time...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1773483/posts
snippet: “Hezbollah Venezuela”
A better statement in post no. 8 would be:
Yes, Venezuelan suspects being involved caught my eye.
Don’t forget Fidel and Raoul. They’ve got to pay those expensive Spanish doctors somehow.
Among the many reasons why Hollywood and their ilk detested President Bush, for he stated that we would go after terrorists and their supporters.
I would assume that makes a certain Mack Daddy GUILTY.
Whoops, re-ping from 2009.
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