Iran: The World’s Greatest Narco State – IOTW Report

Iran: The World’s Greatest Narco State

Geller Report: In 2001, US officials lauded the Taliban for their ban on poppy cultivation and eradicating production. In 2012, Hezbollah’s indignant Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah declared drug trafficking a strictly forbidden practice for its followers.

Fast forward to 2016, and the Taliban are the largest producers of heroin on the planet, and Hezbollah is potentially the most prolific cocaine trafficker in the world.

Two weeks ago, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the creation of the Hezbollah Financing and Narcoterrorism Team (HFNT) to investigate and prosecute the group’s activities related to international narcotics trafficking, terrorism, organized crime, and money laundering. The HFNT will rely heavily on evidence acquired during “Project Cassandra,” a DEA task force assembled in 2008 to curtail Hezbollah’s drug trafficking and related operations.

Last July, the Brazilian Federal Police uncovered irrefutable evidence showing substantial links between Hezbollah and Brazil’s largest organized crime outfit, the dreaded “PCC” (an acronym for “Primeiro Comando da Capital”). The PCC is an international drug trafficking powerhouse on its own, with its vast networks stretching throughout the South American continent, and now there’s evidence that Hezbollah is tapping into these networks to become the largest providers of cocaine into Europe and the Middle East. read more

5 Comments on Iran: The World’s Greatest Narco State

  1. Even though it’s going to be an uphill battle getting them to give up carnitas and Al pastor, Central and South America look like ripe breeding grounds for radical Islam. We already see radicalized youth from Trinidad and Tobago. Suriname and Guyana are both part of the OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation). MS-13 and the cartels have a lot in common with ISIS.

  2. “Now my beauties. Something with poi-son in it I think. With poison in it. But attractive to the eye and soothing to the smell. Ha-ha-ha-ha. Poppies. Poppies. Poppies will put them to sleep.”

    – Wicked Witch of the West

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