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Cassandra Project: Hezbollah's Shadow Machines in West Africa
Recent information reveals that Hezbollah's project in West Africa, known as "Cassandre," controls an extensive network of financial and criminal connections aimed at supporting the militia's infrastructure. This is achieved through money smuggling and laundering via complex networks involving drug traffickers, economic and political figures such as Lebanese businessman Nadhim Sayed Ahmed—who is involved in diamond and art trades—Qasem Taq al-Din, one of the party's main financiers, and corrupt diplomatic managers who exploit diplomatic immunities to transfer funds. The system relies on a circular economic model that combines drug trafficking with financial transfers, posing a threat to the stability of African nations, undermining local businesses, and encouraging the expansion of extremist groups. Assessments also indicate that the Lebanese-Canadian Bank was laundering millions of dollars monthly for Hezbollah through these networks.
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