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    Breaking Hezbollah’s Golden Rule

    Lebanese Hezbollah goes to great lengths to publicize its overt, social, and political activities and to conceal its covert terrorist, militant, and criminal pursuits. In the words of one operative, Hezbollah’s “Golden Rule” is this: The Less You Know, the Better.

    In this podcast, terrorism scholar Matthew Levitt sets out to break this rule by shining a bright spotlight on Hezbollah’s global terrorist and criminal activities. Levitt has been following Lebanese Hezbollah for almost three decades in and out of government. He’s written books, given expert testimony, and literally mapped Hezbollah’s worldwide illicit activities in an online interactive map and timeline. (https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/hezbollahinteractivemap)

    Listen as Levitt tracks Hezbollah’s evolution over the years and its operations across the globe from Lebanon to Kuwait, across Europe and Asia, then on to the Western Hemisphere from Buenos Aires to New York. Along the way, he’ll speak with law enforcement officers, intelligence agents, government officials, and world-class experts from around the globe, each of whom has first-person experience confronting Hezbollah and uncovering things the group would much prefer nobody ever heard about.


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    Undermining Stability in Lebanon Mar 30, 2022
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    Hezbollah’s deep penetration of the Lebanese financial system threatens the legitimacy and stability of the state it claims to protect. After all, when the group engages in money laundering and narcotics trafficking around the world, where does the dirty money go? Back home to Lebanon. And critics beware—vocal opposition to Hezbollah’s activities can be fatal. Even for a former prime minister.


    Guests:

    Daniel Glaser, former assistant secretary, Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Treasury Department

    Hanin Ghaddar, Friedmann Fellow at The Washington Institute

    Nathan Sales, former ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism, State Department

    Quentin Mugg, former French police captain

    Breaking Hezbollah’s Golden Rule is hosted Dr. Matthew Levitt from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

    It is produced by Anouk Millet from Earshot Strategies, and written by Dr. Levitt and Lauren Fredericks, a Washington Institute research assistant, with help from Washington Institute intern Lauren von Thaden.

    Explore my map and timeline of Hezbollah’s Worldwide activities.

    For a full transcript of the episode, a list of sources, recommended reading, and information on our guests, visit our website.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


    Hezbollah “Black Ops” in the Western Hemisphere Mar 23, 2022
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    On June 1, 2017, U.S. authorities arrested two Hezbollah sleeper agents. The operatives had created targeting packages with ready-to go-plans for possible attacks, in the event Iranian or Hezbollah leaders deemed them necessary. They traveled on their American passports when Hezbollah sent them on missions in Asia and South America. Where were their targets? Who was their handler? And what were they sent to do abroad?


    Guests:

    Mitchell Silber, former director of intelligence analysis, NYPD

    Rebecca Weiner, assistant commissioner for intelligence analysis, NYPD

    Emil Bove, former co-chief for national security, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York

    Ambassador Nathan Sales, former ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism, State Department

    Breaking Hezbollah’s Golden Rule is hosted Dr. Matthew Levitt from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

    It is produced by Anouk Millet from Earshot Strategies, and written by Dr. Levitt and Lauren Fredericks, a Washington Institute research assistant.

    Explore my map and timeline of Hezbollah’s Worldwide activities.

    For a full transcript of the episode, a list of sources, recommended reading, and information on our guests, visit our website.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


    Operation Cedar: Hezbollah Narco-Money Laundering Mar 16, 2022
    Show notes

    European authorities weren’t looking for Hezbollah when they investigated a massive money laundering network operating across at least seven EU countries. But when they reached out to their close partners at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the DEA came back with startling information: the gang included high-ranking Hezbollah operatives and sent its profits back to Lebanon to fund Hezbollah terrorist activities. Why would Hezbollah risk drawing additional attention from law enforcement?


    Guests:

    ​​Quentin Mugg, French case officer for Operation Cedar

    Benedikt Strunz, investigative reporter with Norddeutscher Rundfunk

    John Fernandez, former DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge

    Breaking Hezbollah’s Golden Rule is hosted Dr. Matthew Levitt from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

    It is produced by Anouk Millet from Earshot Strategies, and written by Dr. Levitt and Lauren Fredericks, a Washington Institute research assistant.

    Explore my map and timeline of Hezbollah’s Worldwide activities.

    For a full transcript of the episode, a list of sources, recommended reading, and information on our guests, visit our website.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


    Hezbollah Attack Plots in Cyprus and Bulgaria Mar 09, 2022
    Show notes

    In July 2012, police arrested a well-trained Hezbollah operative named Hossam Yaacoub in Cyprus. Less than two weeks later, a Hezbollah suicide bomb killed 5 Israelis on a tourist bus in Burgas, Bulgaria. But the group wasn’t done in Cyprus. Another operative was stockpiling explosives—and waiting to act.


    Guests:

    Magnus Norell, senior policy advisor at The European Foundation for Democracy

    Carter Burwell, former counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Finance Intelligence

    Nickolay Mladenov, former Bulgarian minister of foreign affairs


    Breaking Hezbollah’s Golden Rule is hosted Dr. Matthew Levitt from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

    It is produced by Anouk Millet from Earshot Strategies, and written by Dr. Levitt and Lauren Fredericks, a Washington Institute research assistant.

    Explore my map and timeline of Hezbollah’s Worldwide activities.

    For a full transcript of the episode, a list of sources, recommended reading, and information on our guests, visit our website.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


    Hezbollah Support Networks in America Mar 02, 2022
    Show notes

    In Charlotte, North Carolina, a gang of Hezbollah criminals smuggled cigarettes across state lines to raise funds. But on Thursday nights, they gathered and watched Hezbollah martyrdom videos. When the FBI began to surveil the group, agents saw the men conducting firearms training and feared they could “go operational” at any time. The ensuing investigation, dubbed Operation Smokescreen, exposed the inner workings of a Hezbollah network in the American heartland.


    Guests:

    Robert Clifford, former FBI special agent

    Frederick Fife, former FBI special agent and current major in the New Jersey State Police

    Breaking Hezbollah’s Golden Rule is hosted Dr. Matthew Levitt from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

    It is produced by Anouk Millet from Earshot Strategies, and written by Dr. Levitt and Lauren Fredericks, a Washington Institute research assistant.

    Explore my map and timeline of Hezbollah’s Worldwide activities.

    For a full transcript of the episode, a list of sources, recommended reading, and information on our guests, visit our website.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


    Crime and Terror in South America Feb 23, 2022
    Show notes

    South America’s Tri-Border Area has been described as “the United Nations of crime.” Along the porous borders of Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil, counterfeiters scheme, narco-traffickers move product and launder funds, and criminals sell fake or stolen goods on the open market. Since the 1980s, the area has also been a hotbed of Hezbollah criminal and terrorist activities. Nobody seemed to notice—until Hezbollah operatives carried out two bombings in under two years in Buenos Aires.


    Guests:

    Christian Vianna de Azevedo, special agent with the Brazilian Federal Police

    Mariano Federici, former head of Argentina’s Financial Intelligence Unit

    Robert Clifford, former FBI special agent

    Breaking Hezbollah’s Golden Rule is hosted Dr. Matthew Levitt from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

    It is produced by Anouk Millet from Earshot Strategies, and written by Dr. Levitt and Lauren Fredericks, a Washington Institute research assistant.

    Explore my map and timeline of Hezbollah’s Worldwide activities.

    For a full transcript of the episode, a list of sources, recommended reading, and information on our guests, visit our website.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


    Hezbollah Goes Global Feb 16, 2022
    Show notes

    In December 1983, six blasts shook Kuwait’s capital city. Two prominent Hezbollah operatives oversaw the attack. Soon, bombs were going off in Paris, Copenhagen, and Saudi Arabia, while other members of the group hijacked TWA Flight 847 and murdered U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem. What did Hezbollah want? And why was a Lebanese-based militant group conducting attacks in Europe and the Gulf?



    Guests:

    Nader Uskowi, former journalist and author of Temperature Rising: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Wars in the Middle East

    Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project

    Hans-Georg Engelke, State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community



    Breaking Hezbollah’s Golden Rule is hosted Dr. Matthew Levitt from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

    It is produced by Anouk Millet from Earshot Strategies, and written by Dr. Levitt and Lauren Fredericks, a Washington Institute research assistant.

    Explore my map and timeline of Hezbollah’s Worldwide activities.

    For a full transcript of the episode, a list of sources, recommended reading, and information on our guests, visit our website.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


    Origin Story—"Wild, Wild West Beirut" Feb 09, 2022
    Show notes

    On his first day with the State Department, Special Agent Fred Burton found a suicide bomber’s ear in a file on his desk. The bomber had targeted the U.S. embassy in Beirut on behalf of a shadowy new group called Hezbollah. Soon, the group was carrying out even bigger attacks and kidnapping journalists and innocent civilians for ransom. Reporting on these events, a CIA report from the time referred to the area as "Wild, Wild West Beirut." Where did this group come from? Where did it get funding and support? And where would it strike next?



    Guests:

    Fred Burton, former police officer, special agent, and New York Times bestselling author.

    Magnus Ranstorp, strategic advisor at the Centre for Societal Security and the EU Radicalisation Awareness Network.


    Breaking Hezbollah’s Golden Rule is hosted Dr. Matthew Levitt from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

    It is produced by Anouk Millet from Earshot Strategies, and written by Dr. Levitt and Lauren Fredericks, a Washington Institute research assistant.

    Explore my map and timeline of Hezbollah’s Worldwide activities.

    For a full transcript of the episode, a list of sources, recommended reading, and information on our guests, visit our website.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


    Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule - Trailer Jan 21, 2022
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    Preview Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule, a podcast series devoted to shining a bright light on the global terrorist and criminal activities that the Lebanese organization would rather remain in the shadows. Coming soon to your favorite podcatcher.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


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