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[[File:Money-laundering-map-Artboard 1.png|right|450px|thumb|Red arrows: purchase and flow of used cars in America to be shipped to Africa. Yellow arrows: cocaine smuggling from South America to the United States, Africa, and Europe; drugs were shipped to Africa along with the used cars. The used cars were recorded as being purchased at inflated prices, with cash from illegal drug sales in the United States deposited in bank accounts. Green arrows: the flow of cash back to Hezbollah in Beirut, with some freshly laundered cash sent back to America for purchase of more used cars.]]

[[File:Money-laundering-map-Artboard 1.png|right|450px|thumb|Red arrows: purchase and flow of used cars in [[America]] to be shipped to [[Africa]]. Yellow arrows: cocaine smuggling from [[South America]] to the United States, Africa, and [[Europe]]; drugs were shipped to Africa along with the used cars. The used cars were recorded as being purchased at inflated prices, with cash from illegal [[drug]] sales in the United States deposited in bank accounts. Green arrows: the flow of cash back to [[Hezbollah]] in [[Beirut]], with some freshly laundered cash sent back to America for purchase of more used cars.]]

'''Project Cassandra''' was a task force headed by the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] (DEA) after evidence 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]].

'''Project Cassandra''' was a task force headed by the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] (DEA) after evidence 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]].