Panama

General cargo being handled beside a ship and trucks at the port of Cotonou.
Logistics and shippingMoney launderingNetwork studyPanamaTrade and transport

Seven Hubs, One Blind Spot: Where the Cargo and the Money Part Company

An electronics invoice arrived from Miami. In Colón, Nidal Waked used it to draw on…

HSBC Tower and Soho Mall, Panama City
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The Waked Case: An Empire Under Sanctions, a Laundering Plea, and a Disputed Hezbollah Link

On a humid Sunday afternoon in May 2016, hundreds of white-clad retail clerks, warehouse laborers,…

El Dorado airport terminal in Bogotá
BrokerageCase fileColombiaInvestigations and enforcementLebanon and SyriaMoney launderingMoving the moneyPanamaUnited StatesVenezuela

The Ticket Out of Bogotá

Operation Titan grew from a Miami laundering inquiry into a Colombian–US case against Chekri Mahmoud…