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Operation Smokescreen
Operation Smokescreen was an American interagency counterterrorist operation to disrupt fundraising by Hezbollah, that took place in early 1995, ending in 2002. The operation involved the Sheriff's Office in Iredell County, North Carolina, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF), Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), and the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service (DSS).
Detective Sergeant Robert Fromme made repeated observations of a group of men purchasing large quantities of cigarettes, often with $20,000 - $30,000 in cash. The joint counterterrorism operation ended the fundraising operation, resulting in the arrest, trial, and conviction of the cell members. The operation led to the creation of the North Carolina Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF).
==Hezbollah cell begins operations in United States==
Hezbollah cell leader Mohamad Youssef Hammoud was denied a travel visa by the US embassy in Syria, after which he traveled to Venezuela.〔(Cigarette smuggling case offers inside look at Hezbollah's presence in America - US News and World Report )〕 After purchasing a forged travel visa, arrived in New York City in 1992.〔http://www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/2007/dec2007/december2007leb.htm#page20〕 By 1995, Hammoud set up operations in Charlotte, North Carolina, working at a local pizza restaurant. At least two additional members of the Hezbollah Charlotte cell entered the United States with false travel visas from Venezuela purchased for $200,〔() 〕 and three had travel visas issued in Cyprus.〔(PowerPoint Presentation )〕 Half the cell members were born in Lebanon, and the other half were US-born, of Lebanese descent.〔(BBC News | AMERICAS | Hezbollah suspects arrested )〕 Early in the spring of 1995, Detective Robert Fromme, working a second job at the tobacco wholesaler JR Discount (in Statesville, North Carolina)〔 observed the cell purchasing massive quantities of cigarettes, paying for them in cash. The cash was usually carried in large grocery bags, containing as much as $20,000 to $30,000 at a time.〔
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