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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (2323)	10/10/2006 4:54:14 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

As you know I am devoted to spreading Joy and good news...... nycrimewatch.blogspot.com Windsor trio at heart of smuggling ring supporting Hezbollah, U.S. asserts WINDSOR, Ont. - Three Windsor men - described as central figures in a global smuggling ring to raise money for Hezbollah - ferried up to $500,000 worth of low-taxed and untaxed cigarettes through the U.S. each week, American authorities say. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth Chadwell said Naji Hassan Alawie, Karim Hassan Nasser and Hassan Hassan Nasser were major players in the multimillion dollar smuggling ring that operated in Lebanon, Canada, China, Brazil, Paraguay, the U.S. and elsewhere. Chadwell said the Windsor trio's main role was in the group's illegal cigarette operation, its biggest money maker, which resulted in $20 million in unpaid Michigan cigarette taxes. They made regular bank deposits of up to $20,000 at a time, and Alawie even kept a house in Algonac, Mich., to use for putting counterfeit tax stamps on contraband cigarettes before reselling them. ''Anyone running a house and opening accounts and transporting, that would be pretty central,'' Chadwell said. ''The Nassers were . . . were very important transporters in the conspiracy. Central players in cigarettes are pretty central in the whole conspiracy.'' Windsor's link in the scheme seems to reinforce a report, released Wednesday by Canada's financial intelligence agency, warning that Canada's use as a fundraising base for international terrorist groups is growing by leaps and bounds. The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) said terrorist groups funnelled an estimated $256 million through Canada in the year ending March 31. That was a significant jump from last year's $180 million total and the $70 million detected in 2004. excerpt from link