Ayman Saied Joumaa
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Ayman Saied Joumaa
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| Organization | Hezbollah (alleged) |
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Criminal charge
| Drug trafficking, money laundering |
Ayman Saied Joumaa is a Colombian/Lebanese national and alleged drug kingpin. The US Treasury Department alleges that his organization launders money and traffics illicit drugs in the Americas, Middle East, Europe, and Africa, and that he has ties to Hezbollah and the Los Zetas cartel.[1][2][3]
Criminal activities and links to Hezbollah
On January 26, 2011, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) listed him as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. This was due to Joumaa's money-laundering operations supporting Hezbollah's activities, as investigated during Project Cassandra.[2][4][5][3]
Legal proceedings
On November 23, 2011, a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicted Joumaa for distributing tens of thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia through Central America to Los Zetas in Mexico and for laundering millions of dollars' worth of drug money from Mexico, Europe, and West Africa to Colombia and Venezuela.[6][3]
See also
References
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- "Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List Search". Office of Foreign Assets Control. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
- "Lebanese Drug Lord Charged in US: Links to Zetas and Hezbollah". ABC News. December 13, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
- "Treasury Targets Major Money Laundering Network Linked to Drug Trafficker Ayman Joumaa and a Key Hizballah Supporter in South America" (Press release). U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
- ^ a b Jalabi, Raya; Johnson, Miles (2026-01-11). "Venezuela: the Hizbollah connection". Financial Times. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
- ^ a b c Beirut, Christina GoldbaumReporting from; Lebanon (2026-01-19). "What to Know About Hezbollah's Ties to Venezuela". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
- ^ Hezbollah, l'enquête interdite (Documentary), Jack Kelly, Magneto Presse, 2023-02-05, retrieved 2025-01-12
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Treasury Targets Major Lebanese-Based Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Network". U.S. Department of the Treasury. 2011.
- ^ "U.S. Charges Alleged Lebanese Drug Kingpin With Laundering Drug Proceeds For Mexican And Colombian Drug Cartels" (Press release). United States Department of Justice. 2011-12-13. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved August 22, 2012.