Hezbollah’s Latin American Networks: Stablecoins, Smuggling, and Sanctions Evasion
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Hezbollah’s Latin American Networks: Stablecoins, Smuggling, and Sanctions Evasion
In early 2024, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) sanctioned a Syria-based hawala operator, Tawfiq Muhammad Said al-Law, for managing digital wallets used by Hezbollah operatives. According to blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs, his wallets had moved tens of millions of dollars—primarily in the stablecoin Tether (USDT)—through the Tron network. The case revealed a deeper truth: even as Hezbollah faces military and financi…
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