Airlines Fly Hundreds of Billions in Dirty Cash for Global Money Launderers

Reported by PYMTS Each year, money launders funnel $2 trillion in ill-gotten gains into the financial system. And as The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (April 21), a lot of that money travels by air, in cash. The report cited figures from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) showing that international […]

Iranian Regime’s Shadow: Hezbollah’s Global Network of Drugs, Money Laundering, and Weapons

Reported by Mostafa Aslani A recent investigative report by French weekly Le Point, titled “Iran, Colombia, Lebanon, France… Hezbollah’s Billions,” exposes the expansion of the Iranian-backed militia’s financial resources. The report details Hezbollah’s involvement in drug trafficking and money laundering across several countries. Drug Trade as a Funding Source Le Point alleges that Hezbollah’s drug trafficking […]