John Cornyn: “Hezbollah has developed close ties to the South American…”

“As the Financial crimes enforcement network FinCEN noted last year, Hezbollah's illicit activities in the Tri border region have included oil smuggling, money laundering, black market money exchange, counterfeiting and illegal weapons procurement. FinCEN also reported that Hezbollah has developed close ties to the South American drug trafficking organizations laundering their proceeds for them. Hezbollah has found a home in Venezuela as well where the Chavez and the Maduro regimes have developed close ties with Iran and Hezbollah.” (02:41–02:50)

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