By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The DEA alleges that Hezbollah is purchasing weapons for activity in Syria by using cash from international drug trafficking and money laundering, CBS News reports.
As a result, the DEA said it’s involved in “significant enforcement activity” against Hezbollah.
Dubbed “Project Cassandra,” the law enforcement efforts are targeting Hezbollah for supplying drugs to the U.S. and Europe.
The DEA alleges that Hezbollah is working with South American drug cartels to distribute cocaine.
“These drug trafficking and money laundering schemes… provide a revenue and weapons stream for an international terrorist organization responsible for devastating terror attacks around the word,” DEA Acting Deputy Administrator Jack Riley said in a statement.”
