Tag result for article published on Thu December 15 2011 9:19 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Benin, car buyers, Cotonou, DEA, Ellissa Holding, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN, Foreign Terrorist Organization, Hassan Ayash Exchange Company, Hizballah, International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Lebanon, Money Laundering Scheme, narcotics trafficking, OFAC, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Terrorism, used cars, West Africa
DEC 15 – Washington, D.C. — DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara announced today the filing of a civil money-laundering and in rem forfeiture complaint (the “Complaint”) alleging a massive, international scheme in which Lebanese financial institutions, including a bank and two exchange houses [...]
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