The Lebanese connection to the global illegal arms trade 1
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ABOUT The Lebanese connection to the global illegal arms trade
The proliferation and diversion of illicit small arms and light weapons by the people like Tony Abi Saab have fueled civil wars and terrorism in the war-torn regions.These weapons are trafficked and diverted to terrorist groups from his shell companies which are in Italy: ARMERIA AMELIO GAMBA Srl, INTESA SANPAOLO S.P.A., Benelli Armi, franchi division, Fiocchi munizione, Armeria brignoli silvio & c snc , BLS Germany: Umarex gmbh & co KG France: Noble france sa Turkey: Osmanli Arms, ISTANBUL and KONYA, KOMANDO AV SANTIC LTD, ATA Av tufekleri Bangladesh: Emran arms, East Europe and Russia: Kula Ltd., Tiblisi - Georgia, LOBASTOV IVAN, Baikal Ltd, Izhevsk city, Russia, Arsenal, Bulgaria, MSN and CSG Group, Czech Republic, Berkut Ltd, Ukraine Brasil: Condor, to make movement of weapons easy and risk free.Tony Abi Saab owner of Brescia Middle East has a valid US Travel Visa that allows him to visit and undertake commercial activity in the USA. His visa has been granted despite him doing fraud with the US Army contract in Afghanistan.He is a Lebanese national is the owner of many shell corporations including Tactical Ltd Afghanistan, K5 Global and Bennet-Fouch, G2Armory, SIMAINT that defrauded the US Government of millions of dollars using a fake alias. Tony Abi Saab conviction was reduced to a bribery charge due to a technicality.Tony Abi Saab created a shell company for the purpose of bidding on the Afghanistan contract using a fake alias of Sarah Lee.Tony Abi Saab unaware wanted to bribe the US Government officers to close the contract and retrieve the remainder of the payment. His partner, Dinorah Cobos was involved in the scam and was acting the part of Sarah Lee. All this time the CIA was monitoring the money being deposited to the terrorist accounts and reached out to the US Army and the FBI to arrange for an international sting operation to catch the fraudsters.The joint operation was successful and they caught him in the sting operation.