Top Hezbollah Financier Extradited to US

Clarion Project ^ | June 25, 2019 | Meira Svirsky

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A top Hezbollah financier was extradited to the U.S. from Paraguay to face charges of a $1.4 million drug money laundering scheme.

At the request of the U.S. government, Nader Mohammad Farhat was arrested in May 2018 in the Ciudad del Este, called the “Triple Frontier” since the area borders Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina.

He is reportedly a member of a Hezbollah division involved in massive international illegal financing of the terror group.

At the time of his arrest, $1.4 million in cash was found in his home as well as documents that reportedly confirm his money laundering through his money service business, Unique SA. Farhat was also wanted in Paraguay for similar crimes.

Authorities say Farhat earned money through drug trafficking, then laundered it and sent it abroad. Farhat is named in four federal crime cases in New York and Miami. The Lebanese government sought to prevent the extradition, in violations of international diplomatic protocol.

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“One must understand the influence of the activities of a man like Farhat in Paraguay,” Clarion’s Shillman Fellow and Arab Affairs analyst Ran Meir said. “It contributes directly to increasing Hezbollah’s budget by means of drugs and money laundering in amounts that can reach millions, and, by using the back door, it contributes to the introduction of drugs into the U.S. and increases Hezbollah’s terrorist activity in America. “It’s simply too easy to do this in South America. This ‘Triple Frontier’ region where Farhat was operating has been a drug and weapons smuggling haven for years. It is also known for human trafficking, money laundering and an area that provides an enormous amount of funding for Hezbollah.”

[MplsSteve]

I’d like it if he were to suddenly try to “escape” from the plane and fall thousands of feet to this death.

[Bookshelf]

It was stated, “This ‘Triple Frontier’ region where Farhat was operating has been a drug and weapons smuggling haven for years.” Actually, the Hizbollah connection took off in 1987-88 when a Paraguay foreign ministry official sold thousands of legal documents (for thousands of $ apiece) allowing questionable Lebanese and Syrian Shia found in Lebanon to immigrate to Paraguay.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Nice catch... whoever.

Ciudad del Este, Paraguay and Foz do Iguacu, Brazil are a major smuggling conduit. Of course the cops and military are bought off. The border is wide open, you can catch a city bus or just walk across the bridge. You can get anything in Ciudad del Este. It's sort of a physical manifestation of the dark web.

Foz is nearly as bad but the people are friendlier because it's a tourist destination. The whole "tres fronteras" area is crawling with Arabs. They seem to be the local mafia. One interesting feature in Foz is that there is a large high end brothel right next to the biggest mosque in town. I guess in Brazil you'd call that cultural diversity.

[DesertRhino]

And just out of curiosity, does he use any of the well known dope banks like HSBC, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Chase, Deutsche Bank, etc?