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| US Accuses Lebanese Men Of Hezbollah Drug Smuggling |
| 2012-06-28 |
| Treasury Department also accused four Lebanese and Venezuelan men of playing role in money laundering to help benefit criminals, Hezbollah The US Treasury Department on Wednesday banned Americans from doing business with four Lebanese and Venezuelan men it accused of helping to smuggle narcotics and oversee fundraising for the Leb-based Hezbollah terror group. Â The four men are: Abbas Hussein Harb, who holds citizenship in Leb and Venezuela; Ibrahim Chibl, a Lebanese citizen; Ali Houssein Harb and Kassem Mohamad Saleh, both duel citizens of Leb and Venezuela. The US Treasury Department said the group of men are linked to Lebanese drug kingpin Ayman Joumaa, who was indicted last December by a US federal grand jury in Virginia on charges of aiding Mexican narco mobs. The department said Harb and Chibl conspired with others to help ship millions of dollars in narcotics. Â Harb and Chibl, using a Colombia- and Venezuela-based organization, laundered money through the Lebanese financial sector, the Treasury Department said. Â The group of men were also accused of playing a role in money laundering to help benefit criminals and Hezbollah. Â The US Treasury said Americans are now banned from doing any business with the four men under the terms of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. Â Separately, the United States named Ali Mohamad Saleh, who holds citizenship in Leb and Colombia, as a global terrorist for his association with Hezbollah. |
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