Lebanese-Colombian Men Hit by U.S. Sanctions for Money Laundering

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The Obama administration has hit two men with sanctions for allegedly laundering money on behalf of Mexican and Colombian drug cartels.

The move blocks any assets in the U.S. belonging to Lebanese-Colombian nationals Jorge Fadlallah Cheaitelly and Mohamad Zouheir El Khansa, and blocks Americans from doing business with them.

The U.S. Treasury Department said Cheaitelly leads a Panama-based drug trafficking and money laundering organization with operations as far as Hong Kong. El Khansa is seen as a key partner.

The department also applied sanctions to nine people with ties to the men, and 28 entities in Colombia, Panama, Lebanon and Hong Kong.

The department's sanctions chief, Adam Szubin, said the U.S. was forcing a major money laundering network out of the international financial system, undermining its ability to help the cartels.

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Default-user-icon Gabby (Guest) over 13 years

Don't worry, they had nothing to do with the Hezz. The Hezz will deny all connections to them. The Hezz is clean.

Default-user-icon Your dada (Guest) almost 13 years

Ur a Jew ahaha grow and open ur eyes to the real world we live in

Default-user-icon MUSTAPHA O. GHALAYINI (Guest) over 13 years

a lebanese sect moved from an open society which loves life, to a closed..black entity preaching the death philosophy,as being the shourafa way.

Default-user-icon thugs unified (Guest) over 13 years

one is aouni and the other hizbo

Default-user-icon Muhamada (Guest) over 13 years

There is a history in the anti-Lebanese policy world wide, despite the facts of the super power influence for the international politics. Lebanese and Lebanon trapped in the middle of a regional war for power and cash.

Thumb thepatriot over 13 years

one is a saint, and the other is insane!

Default-user-icon lebanese002 (Guest) over 13 years

what does this news have to do with politics?

Default-user-icon Gabby (Guest) over 13 years

The Hezz drug mafia will miss this money. Especially now that Syria and Iran are choking.

Default-user-icon khalil (Guest) over 13 years

it is all lies and lies from obamas people the USA saw them CHIAS so they started to lie and lie and noone is hizbo and aoune

Default-user-icon Syam (Guest) over 13 years

Look at this
http://riadtawfeeqsalameh.blogspot.com/2011/05/bank-of-beirut-sal-sole-ownership-by.html
Bank of Beirut