Incident Date:
February 10, 2011
Incident Successful:
Location: Beirut Lebanon
Perpetrators: Hizbullah
Event Type: Unknown
Weapon Type(s): Unknown
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Business(Bank/Commerce)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "02/10/2011: The U.S. Department of Treasury (DOT) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) accused the Beirut-based Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL of laundering $200 million per month in drug profits for a smuggling group tied to Hizballah. The Bank was designated a ""primary money laundering concern"" under terms of the U.S. Patriot Act. DOT and DEA said that ring was run by Ayman Joumaa, whose group smuggled drugs from South America to Europe and the Middle East via West Africa. The money was laundered via trading consumer goods throughout the world, including through U.S. used car dealerships. As of 2009, the bank had assets of more than $5 billion."
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (2013). Terrorism, 2008-2012: A Worldwide Chronology. North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers. p. 177"
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