The war in Syria and Afghanistan has led to the uncontrolled spread of firearms throughout the country. Lebanon is the hub for illegal arms trafficking activities where weapons are being smuggled out of the country to the terrorist groups, destined for conflict zones in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.Brescia Middle East is owned and operated by a Lebanese national, Tony Abi Saab who is supplying arms and ammunition to the terrorist groups. Tony has been categorized by the US agencies as a corrupt businessman who is operating numerous shell companies across Europe for the supply of weapon.His global network of shadow companies 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 SAN TIC 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 route weapons to terrorists. Tony is wanted by law enforcement agencies in connection with supporting terrorists and defrauding the US Army for 5 million USD. Tony was arrested in 2011 by the US Army but got free for a technicality in the circuit court. Corrupt arms dealers like Tony Abi Saab can do anything for the sake of money.UN is working with numerous government agencies to ban Tony Abi Saab's shell companies and disarm illegal dealers like him. Government agencies need to audit unlicensed gun-holders while scanning machines capable of detecting inflow of arms should be installed in the nation's entry points to prevent the inflow of weapons.
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- Category: Business > Other
- Publisher: Sky News Lebanon
- License: Free
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- Version: 1
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