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October 21, 2025

Global Gangsters: Hezbollah’s Latin American Drug Trafficking Operations

On Tuesday, October 21 at 2 p.m., the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control will hold a hearing titled, “Global Gangsters: Hezbollah’s Latin American Drug Trafficking Operations.” The hearing will examine how Hezbollah finances terrorism through its drug trafficking and money laundering operations in Latin America, and the United States government’s response to this threat.

Opening Statements

CHAIRMAN (R - TX)

John Cornyn

CO-CHAIR (D - RI)

Sheldon Whitehouse

Witnesses

Ambassador Nathan Sales

Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council

The Honorable Marshall Billingslea

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Dr. Matthew Levitt

Fromer-Wexler Senior Fellow and Director of the Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Robert F. Clifford

President, Robert Clifford Consulting (Federal Bureau of Investigation-Retired)