• Operation Cedar: Hezbollah Narco-Money Laundering

  • Mar 16 2022
  • Length: 36 mins
  • Podcast

Operation Cedar: Hezbollah Narco-Money Laundering

  • Summary

  • European authorities weren’t looking for Hezbollah when they investigated a massive money laundering network operating across at least seven EU countries. But when they reached out to their close partners at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the DEA came back with startling information: the gang included high-ranking Hezbollah operatives and sent its profits back to Lebanon to fund Hezbollah terrorist activities. Why would Hezbollah risk drawing additional attention from law enforcement?


    Guests: 

    ​​Quentin Mugg, French case officer for Operation Cedar

    Benedikt Strunz, investigative reporter with Norddeutscher Rundfunk

    John Fernandez, former DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge 

     

    Breaking Hezbollah’s Golden Rule is hosted Dr. Matthew Levitt from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

     

    It is produced by Anouk Millet from Earshot Strategies, and written by Dr. Levitt and Lauren Fredericks, a Washington Institute research assistant.

     

    Explore my map and timeline of Hezbollah’s Worldwide activities.

     

    For a full transcript of the episode, a list of sources, recommended reading, and information on our guests, visit our website.


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