Two men were arrested last week in Miami, United States, under the suspicion of money laundering for a Colombian cartel. In addition, it is presumed that they are linked to the terrorist group Hezbollah in the Middle East, according to a publication in the New Herald.
During the investigation, the agents realized that one of them, Mohammad Ahmad Ammar was interested in smuggling 150 kilograms of cocaine from Costa Rica to the Netherlands.
The two were captured after they tried to smuggle $ 500,000 in banks in Miami, United States, through a series of complicated financial transactions through Australia and Europe.
According to a document issued in 2012 by the Congress of Border Security, Latin America “has become an important center for money laundering and fundraising” for Hezbollah.