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Agernts 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]].

Agernts 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 [[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.

The [[Justice Department]] declined requests by Project Cassandra and other authorities to file criminal charges against major players such as Hezbollah’s high-profile envoy to Iran, a Lebanese bank that allegedly laundered billions in alleged drug profits, and a central player in a U.S.-based cell of the Iranian paramilitary Quds force. And the [[State Department]] rejected requests to lure high-value targets to countries where they could be arrested.

The [[Justice Department]] declined requests by Project Cassandra and other authorities to file criminal charges against major players such as Hezbollah’s high-profile envoy to Iran, a Lebanese bank that allegedly laundered billions in alleged drug profits, and a central player in a U.S.-based cell of the Iranian paramilitary Quds force. And the [[State Department]] rejected requests to lure high-value targets to countries where they could be arrested.