A Cypriot firm owned by a Chinese national is part of the broad commercial network involved with Iran’s fleet of oil tankers, according to data reviewed by Levant Networks.
Author: Albin Szakola
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.
An Iranian national the US accused of being an Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps – Qods Force (IRGC-QF) official owns two companies in Lebanon, information not revealed publicly before.
Syria’s government has awarded potentially lucrative oil sector contracts to a mysterious Lebanese shipping outfit and a politically-connected Syrian firm, both linked to the far-flung web of companies helping Iran move oil.
Syria’s Cham Wings airline flew Qassem Soleimani to Baghdad shortly before the Iranian general was assassinated in a US strike, according to information reviewed by Levant Networks.
A senior Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force commander reportedly assassinated by Israel had commercial interests in a mysterious company outside Lebanon’s capital.
Rana Koleilat, a fugitive Lebanese who defrauded Al-Madina Bank in collaboration with Syrian intelligence, transferred real estate in Beirut to an accused Hezbollah financier before the financial institution dramatically collapsed in 2003.
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Syria’s government has taken action regarding customs violations perpetrated by an alleged facilitator of Iranian arms deliveries and his Beirut-based firm.
While Al-Akhbar did not disclose the identity of the plaintiff, Levant Networks determined that he is the son of Fadi Nasser, who was sanctioned by the US for allegedly helping move oil to Syria.
An open-source investigation shows that Mahan Air’s probable sales agent in Beirut has an indirect link to an alleged Hezbollah network.