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'''Kassem Mohamad Hijazi''', a Brazilian Arab citizen of Lebanese descent implicated in government corruption and Hezbollah terror finance was wanted by the US Government.<ref name=fdd-hijazi>[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/08/25/money-launderers-tri-border-area/ Coordinated Law Enforcement and Treasury Action Against Money Launderers in the Tri-Border Area] Emanuele Ottolenghi, Aug 25, 2021.

'''Kassem Mohamad Hijazi''', a Brazilian Arab citizen of Lebanese descent implicated in government corruption and Hezbollah terror finance was wanted by the US Government.<ref name=fdd-hijazi>[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/08/25/money-launderers-tri-border-area/ Coordinated Law Enforcement and Treasury Action Against Money Launderers in the Tri-Border Area] Emanuele Ottolenghi, Aug 25, 2021.

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The U.S. and Paraguayan governments took coordinated action yesterday against the money laundering network of Kassem Mohamad Hijazi, a Brazilian citizen of Lebanese descent implicated in government corruption and Hezbollah terror finance. The move represents a long-overdue step to crack down on rampant corruption and illicit finance in the Tri-Border Area (TBA) connecting Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, but much work remains to be done.</blockquote></ref> Was arrested in Aug 2021<ref name=fdd-hijazi/> ''According to the inquiry, between 1998 and 2003, with the help of 46 people, Hizaji would have used 130 exchange offices and banks in Brazil and Paraguay to carry out illegal transfers to 1,500 bank accounts in Lebanon, the USA and Chile.''<ref name=monitor>[https://www.monitordooriente.com/20210826-preso-no-paraguai-brasileiro-de-origem-libanesa-sera-extraditado-aos-eua/ Arrested in Paraguay, Brazilian of Lebanese origin will be extradited to the US], Monitordooriente, August 26, 2021.

The U.S. and Paraguayan governments took coordinated action yesterday against the money laundering network of Kassem Mohamad Hijazi, a Brazilian citizen of Lebanese descent implicated in government corruption and Hezbollah terror finance. The move represents a long-overdue step to crack down on rampant corruption and illicit finance in the Tri-Border Area (TBA) connecting Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, but much work remains to be done.</blockquote></ref>

He was arrested in Aug 2021<ref name=fdd-hijazi/> ''According to the inquiry, between 1998 and 2003, with the help of 46 people, Hizaji would have used 130 exchange offices and banks in Brazil and Paraguay to carry out illegal transfers to 1,500 bank accounts in Lebanon, the USA and Chile.''<ref name=monitor>[https://www.monitordooriente.com/20210826-preso-no-paraguai-brasileiro-de-origem-libanesa-sera-extraditado-aos-eua/ Arrested in Paraguay, Brazilian of Lebanese origin will be extradited to the US], Monitordooriente, August 26, 2021.

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In 2007, Paraguay tried Kassem Hijazi, accused of commanding the laundering of the $100 million that would have been earmarked for the Lebanese organization Hezbollah, considered a terrorist in the United States.  According to the inquiry, between 1998 and 2003, with the help of 46 people, Hizaji would have used 130 exchange offices and banks in Brazil and Paraguay to carry out illegal transfers to 1,500 bank accounts in Lebanon, the USA and Chile.</blockquote></ref> was arrested in Aug 2021, as he was hiding in Ciudad Del Este, on the border with Foz do Iguaçu.<ref>Paraguay Military forces have arrested a #Hezbollah-businessman, Qassem Muhammad #Hijazi.  

In 2007, Paraguay tried Kassem Hijazi, accused of commanding the laundering of the $100 million that would have been earmarked for the Lebanese organization Hezbollah, considered a terrorist in the United States.  According to the inquiry, between 1998 and 2003, with the help of 46 people, Hizaji would have used 130 exchange offices and banks in Brazil and Paraguay to carry out illegal transfers to 1,500 bank accounts in Lebanon, the USA and Chile.</blockquote></ref> was arrested in Aug 2021, as he was hiding in Ciudad Del Este, on the border with Foz do Iguaçu.<ref>Paraguay Military forces have arrested a #Hezbollah-businessman, Qassem Muhammad #Hijazi.