US busts Hezbollah money laundering network

We are taking steps in the right direction to discover and wipe out funding for the terrorist organizations. The combined efforts of our agencies with those abroad brought this scheme to an end. In this case, the DEA shut down a money laundering network through drug cartels which it used to purchase weapons and finance their operations in Syria and Lebanon.

"DEA and our international partners are relentless in our commitment to disrupt any attempt by terrorists and terrorist organizations to leverage the drug trade against our nations. DEA and our partners will continue to dismantle networks who exploit the nexus between drugs and terror using all available law enforcement mechanisms," Riley added.