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June 22, 2018

Lebanon Is Protecting Hizballah’s Cocaine Trade in Latin America

The contradiction at the heart of U.S. policy.

To finance its activities, Hizballah conducts lucrative cocaine and money-laundering operations in Latin America, based primarily in the area known as the Triple Frontier, where the borders of Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina meet. Lebanon, where the Iran-backed terrorist group is headquartered, has consistently provided shelter to these activities, as Emanuele Ottolenghi explains:

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