Manucher Ghorbanifar

BCCI Bank Shut Down After Exposing CIA Drug Money Laundering Network

1991-07-05 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

Customs and bank regulators in seven countries simultaneously raid and shut down the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), exposing what becomes known as the largest corporate criminal enterprise in history. The shutdown follows a Price Waterhouse investigation ordered by the Bank of …

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First Secret Arms Shipment to Iran Initiates Iran-Contra Scandal

1985-08-20 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

Israel sends 96 American-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles to Iran through arms dealer Manucher Ghorbanifar, marking the first covert arms shipment in what becomes the Iran-Contra scandal. Hours after receiving the weapons, the Islamic fundamentalist group Islamic Jihad releases one American …

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