Time to Designate Hezbollah as a Transnational Criminal Organization Emanuele Ottolenghi 4th October 2017 -  FDD Policy Brief Intended to fight transnational organized crime, Executive Orders  13581  and  13773  lay out a clear policy that identifies the convergence between terror finance networks and transnational organized crime as a critical threat to our national security. Regardless, neither President Trump nor President Obama designated Hezbollah as a Transnational Criminal Organization (TCO). Labeling Hezbollah as a TCO is a long overdue measure, given the growing body of evidence showing Hezbollah’s global involvement in transnational crime. Hezbollah now derives hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue from criminal activities. Especially in Latin America, Hezbollah operatives have built  extensive and enduring ties  with drug cartels. But Latin American governments are reluctant to treat Hezbollah and its local networks as a terror...