INTERNATIONAL AML/CFT CONTROLS TIGHTEN AGAINST HIZBULLAH
February 1st, 2016
AT a time when the world is regularly sickened by the web-cast beheadings and civilian bombings by Islamic State (IS), it is perhaps hard to recall when Lebanon Shia militant Hizbullah group was regarded as maybe the world’s most notorious international terror group. Today, with 12 members of Lebanon's parliament (and two ministers in cabinet), a panoply of social services, a TV station and even a museum, Hizbullah is an integral part of Lebanon’s political and social scene. However, it still operates a private army, which is fighting in Syria’s civil war, ...
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