Ghassan Mansour of Mansour Brothers Auto Trading Arrested in Tampa - Laundered Cash For Hezbollah
Bill Warner PI ^ | 18 Dec 2011 | Bill Warner
Posted on December 18, 2011 10:49:22 PM EST by smokingfrog
Ghassan Mansour Initial Director of Mansour Brothers Auto Trading Arrested By ICE Agents in Tampa, Used Car Dealer Mansour Brothers Laundered Cash For Hezbollah
Mansour Brothers Auto Trading Inc. was one of 30 auto dealers around the nation to be named in the complaint. A Tampa used car dealer received more than $3 million from people and financial organizations associated with Hezbollah as part of a "massive" international money laundering scheme that funded the Lebanon-based terrorist organization, according to a federal civil complaint filed Thursday in New York.
The complaint, which started with investigations by the Drug Enforcement Agency and other law enforcement entities, states that Mansour Brothers Auto Trading Inc. received at least 11 wire transfers from groups associated with Hezbollah.
The money was used to purchase vehicles, which were then shipped to nations in West Africa, where they were sold. The money from those sales, along with the proceeds of drug deals, were then shipped back to Lebanon, most of it going to Hezbollah, according to prosecutors. Mansour Brothers Auto Trading Inc. was one of 30 auto dealers around the nation to be named in the complaint. The government wants to seize the $3 million from Mansour Brothers
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