Hezbollah recruiting convicts in Latin America for revenue, relaxing ideological requirements
Investigators say the network used travel, surveillance training and cryptocurrency financing to expand Hezbollah’s reach in Latin America.
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Hezbollah is reportedly recruiting Latin American criminals to prepare attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets
Hezbollah is reportedly relying on criminal networks in Brazil to recruit agents, finance its activities, and prepare operations against Israeli and Jewish interests
Hezbollah recruiting convicts in Latin America for revenue, relaxing ideological requirements
Operation Trapiche, a counterterrorism operation launched by Brazil’s Federal Police in November 2023 with support from Israel’s Mossad, has shed light on Hezbollah’s efforts to outsource operatives.
Agency AJN.- Hezbollah would be using Brazilian criminals to develop clandestine operational capabilities in Latin America and prepare possible attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets, according to an analysis published by the Washington Institute. The report notes that the organization seeks to incorporate people with a criminal record, taking advantage of their economic difficulties and resentment towards [...] The entry Hezbollah would be …
An investigation into Operation Trapiche reveals how Hezbollah uses criminals and economically vulnerable people to prepare attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets. Israeli intelligence was involved, according to the Israeli government, in international cooperation that allowed the dismantling of a cell in Brazil. Brasilia – 22 October 2026 – Total News Agency – TNA. [...]
The terrorist group Hezbollah has recruited convicted criminals in Brazil to expand its clandestine activity in Latin America, according to analysis published by the Washington Institute and released on Thursday, 22, by the website of the Israeli broadcaster I24 News. The Lebanese organization would be exploring financial difficulties and resentment against the justice system to form networks without direct ideological links with the group. The …
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