Organized crime
Militia on coke: How Hezbollah makes billions with drugs
Hezbollah is considered an extension of Tehran. From there she also receives financial support. But the militia has a much more important source of income: drugs.
Hezbollah has many faces. It is a militia army and, according to many Western governments, a terrorist organization. In Lebanon it is a state within a state; it runs hospitals as well as weapons depots. But above all it is – one of the most powerful drug cartels in the world.
Behind this is not just a lack of money, but a political strategy.
Source: Stern
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