John Cornyn: “Hezbollah's illicit activities in the Tri border region have…”

“Beginning in the mid-80s, Hezbollah established a presence in the lawless Tri border region of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, infiltrating the largest Lebanese Shiite diaspora community. 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.” (02:25–02:39)

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