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Albin Szakola is a freelance journalist and researcher writing on Lebanon's political economy. Albin previously worked as an investigative reporter at L'Orient-Le Jour, where wrote on a number of topics, including transfers of wealth from Lebanon to offshore jursidictions, fuel imports, and Lebanon's judiciary. Before that, Albin worked as a senior editor and analyst at Kharon, a research and data analytics company providing insights on sanctions intelligence. Albin also served as the head of the English news desk at NOW Lebanon until the outlet closed in early 2017.
A network of Iranian front companies in Panama owns over 10 percent of the country’s flagged oil tankers, according to an investigation by Levant Networks, which has found a link between the shell companies and a UAE-based firm.
A Beirut-based firm facilitating Iranian petroleum shipments has offloaded a tanker that helped move oil to Syria last fall, the latest move in a network the US alleges is supporting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
The daughter of one of the Syrian government’s alleged financial middle-men in Moscow has helped launch a new payment app in Russia, an investigation by Al-Aan television has found.
In an eyebrow-raising US sanction action, the State Department designated the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces fighting force Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada for allegedly engaging in the proliferation of advanced weapon technology.
A Syrian businessman who has recently run afoul of the EU has business interests in neighboring Lebanon, a popular haven for wealthy and well-connected Syrians.
A mysterious firm has begun to arrange the export of Syrian citrus to Crimea and the Russian market, according to pro-government Syrian media.
A Syrian accountant has founded a series of alleged Hezbollah fronts in and around Damascus, according to open source data reviewed by Levant Networks.
After German authorities released Kazem Darabi, the alleged Iranian intelligence agent behind a deadly 1992 attack in Berlin went into business in Lebanon, including with a top IRGC officer.
A Lebanon-registered firm facilitating Iranian petroleum shipments has acquired another oil tanker, another cog in a network the US alleges is supporting the IRGC.
From Tehran apartments to beaches in Lebanon, figures in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Hezbollah acted as handlers of Qais al-Khazali.