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'''Project Cassandra''' was an Obama era [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] (DEA) operation launched after evidence was amassed that [[Hezbollah]] transformed itself from a Middle East-focused military and political organization into a global crime syndicate. Some investigators believed it was collecting $1 billion a year from [[narcotic]]s and weapons trafficking, [[money laundering]] and other criminal activities. The Obama White House at the highest levels thwarted the operation as a concession to the government of Iran to win the ill-conceived [[Iranian nuclear deal]].

'''Project Cassandra''' was an Obama era [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] (DEA) operation launched after evidence was amassed that [[Hezbollah]] transformed itself from a Middle East-focused military and political organization into a global crime syndicate. The Obama White House at the highest levels thwarted the investigation as a concession to the government of Iran to win the ill-conceived [[Iranian nuclear deal]].

Between 2008–2016, agents working out of a top-secret DEA facility in Virginia, used wiretaps, undercover operations, and informants to map Hezbollah’s illicit networks, with the help of 30 U.S. and foreign security agencies.

Between 2008–2016, agents working out of a top-secret DEA facility in Virginia, used wiretaps, undercover operations, and informants to map Hezbollah’s illicit networks, with the help of 30 U.S. and foreign security agencies.  

Agents followed [[cocaine]] shipments, some from [[Latin America]] to [[West Africa]] and on to [[Europe]] and the [[Middle East]], and others through [[Venezuela]] and [[Mexico]] to the [[United States]]. They tracked the river of dirty cash as it was laundered. And with the help of some key cooperating witnesses, the agents traced the [[conspiracy]], to the innermost circle of Hezbollah and its state sponsors in [[Iran]].

Agents followed [[cocaine]] shipments, some from [[Latin America]] to [[West Africa]] and on to [[Europe]] and the [[Middle East]], and others through [[Venezuela]] and [[Mexico]] to the [[United States]]. They tracked the river of dirty cash as it was laundered. And with the help of some key cooperating witnesses, the agents traced the [[conspiracy]], to the innermost circle of Hezbollah and its state sponsors in [[Iran]].  

As Project Cassandra reached higher into the hierarchy of the conspiracy, [[Obama administration]] officials threw an increasingly insurmountable series of roadblocks in its way. When Project Cassandra leaders sought approval for some significant investigations, [[prosecution]]s, [[arrest]]s and financial sanctions, officials at the Justice and [[US Treasury Department|Treasury department]]s delayed, hindered or rejected their requests.

As Project Cassandra reached higher into the hierarchy of the conspiracy, [[Obama administration]] officials threw an increasingly insurmountable series of roadblocks in its way. When Project Cassandra leaders sought approval for some significant investigations, [[prosecution]]s, [[arrest]]s and financial sanctions, officials at the Justice and [[US Treasury Department|Treasury department]]s delayed, hindered or rejected their requests.

==Hezbollah==

==Hezbollah==

 

DEA investigators believed Hezbollah was collecting $1 billion a year from [[narcotic]]s and weapons trafficking, [[money laundering]] and other criminal activities.

''Dirty Money, Blood Money''

===Criminal funding===

===Criminal funding===