Posted on 02/26/2023 8:10:46 PM PST by nuconvert
An order signed recently by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant indicates that there is a gold smuggling operation between Iran and Venezuela that is funding Hezbollah terror activity.
It was revealed that, in May, dozens of kilograms of gold were smuggled on an Iranian Mahan Air flight, which is subject to American sanctions, from Venezuela to Tehran. The funds from the smuggled gold were transferred to Hezbollah.
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Probably Obama's idea.
SEX TRAFFICKING AND ISLAMISTS HEZBOLLAH
A member of Hezbollah confined in a Viennese prison was observed running a sex trafficking ring by means of his cell phone.
https://books.google.com/books?id=XY8uJoYkNBsC&pg=PA71
Alongside these activities, some prominent figures in Hezbollah are involved in horrific criminal enterprises, including trafficking in sex and human beings. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/hezbollahs-corruption-crisis-runs-deep
Along with these activities, several dominant figures in Hezbollah are involved in criminal activities, including the sex industry and human trafficking. One example is Ali Hussein Zeaiter, a Hezbollah operative responsible for criminal procurement and financing. In 2014, the U.S. Treasury declared him a terrorist operative because of his handling of companies to acquire drones used by Hezbollah in Syrian territory. In 2015, the U.S. Treasury announced sanctions on additional companies managed by Zeaiter in China and Lebanon for similar violations. Several months later, in 2016, the Lebanese authorities uncovered a large prostitution network of mostly Syrian women. Hezbollah claimed to have played a role in exposing the sex trafficking network, but authorities reportedly linked the network to Zeaiter.
https://www.ajc.org/news/setting-the-record-straight-on-hezbollah-full-report
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So are their bosses, the dirty Mullahcracy:
The Department of State Trafficking in Persons 2020 Report documents how the Iranian regime forces “Afghan migrants, including children as young as 12 years old” to fight in in Syria under threat of arrest and deportation. The report also highlights “a government policy or pattern of recruiting and using child soldiers, and a pattern of government officials perpetrating sex trafficking of adults and children with impunity.”
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/hezbollah-inc-emanuele-ottolenghi
One of the biggest cases was highlighted by Reuters last November. Under the headline “Crypto exchange Binance helped Iranian firms trade $8 billion despite sanctions,” the news agency alleged that the exchange had processed that amount of crypto transactions since 2018 in violation of U.S. sanctions designed to cut off Iran from the global financial system.
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=10a88c5a-afa4-4bd5-9cce-0322a7219fdb
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This is a thread that didn’t get the attention it deserves.
With 10% for The Big Guy - you know, to keep him and Dr. Jill happy.
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