Tracking the Drug Money Behind Hezbollah’s Arsenal
Hezbollah has built one of the most sophisticated hybrid criminal-terrorist enterprises on earth. Its drug-fueled revenue streams, cocaine from Latin America, Captagon from the ruins of Syria, and money-laundering networks that snake through four continents, now generate billions of dollars annually.
That money buys precision-guided missiles, pays fighters, funds an elaborate social-welfare empire inside Lebanon, and keeps overseas cells active from Buenos Aires to Bangkok.
So, how does it all work?
