The infiltration of terrorist organizations into the pharmaceutical industry : Hezbollah as a case study / Boaz Ganora, Miri Halperin Wernli
Language: English Subject(s): In: Studies in Conflict & terrorism . -- v. 36, nº 8 (Aug. 2013)Scope and content: Criminal syndicates and terrorist organizations are inherently different. Yet their difference enables them to cooperate for their mutual benefit. Nowhere has this been more evident than in the drug trade; from harvesting and trafficking in illegal substances, it has been an easy transition to counterfeiting and disseminating medications. Hezbollah, in particular, has become involved in the production, smuggling and distribution of counterfeit medications in North America, Africa and the Middle East as a means of raising immense sums of money to finance its terrorist activities.Revista R0118 (MAEC- Biblioteca Central)
Criminal syndicates and terrorist organizations are inherently different. Yet their difference enables them to cooperate for their mutual benefit. Nowhere has this been more evident than in the drug trade; from harvesting and trafficking in illegal substances, it has been an easy transition to counterfeiting and disseminating medications. Hezbollah, in particular, has become involved in the production, smuggling and distribution of counterfeit medications in North America, Africa and the Middle East as a means of raising immense sums of money to finance its terrorist activities.