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The USA has contributed money, men and muscle power to the reconstruction of Afghanistan and to the driving out of the Taliban, but at what cost? Everywhere, there is a wasteful expenditure compounded by a lack of accountability among the people of Afghanistan.

Tony Abi Saab set up ghost companies that the Abi Saab group along with their partner in crime Raymond Azar used as fronts to launder money, and they were K5 Global and Bennet Fouch. These two American construction companies all of a sudden suspended their operations in Afghanistan and left the country, where they were working. They cheated their Afghan partners of over $2 million, and were blacklisted by the US military. Since they defaulted on payments to Afghan contractors, they were asked to pay the money and refused to listen. Tony Abi Saab defrauded the USA forces of 5 million dollars.

Since Army General David Petraeus took over charge of coalition forces, it was the first time that the U.S. military suspended an American prime contractor in Afghanistan. General Petraeus directed his officers with special guidelines calling on the U.S. military to look at where all the money disappeared. Tony Abi Saab and his arms dealers and contractors were involved in corruption, financing of dubious outfits, and strengthening of criminal networks.

What compounded the fraud in Afghanistan was that many international funding organisations and donor countries did not dare to send their own staff to rural areas where projects were in operation. When the projects were handed to sub-contractors, many of them did a shoddy job of completing the projects, and they were of bad quality. Tony Abi Saab’s sub-contractors and companies such as Tactical Ltd Afghanistan, K5 Global and Bennet-Fouch, G2Armory, SIMAINT hired hundreds (once thousands) of Iraqis and Afghans to lend their language and cultural skills to American forces and to run reconstruction projects.

These persons on their part are disconnected from the military and depend on the contracting system for funding, schedules and permission. The bad contracting system, plagued with inefficiency and corruption has to be replaced with a transparent, honest and efficient system for troops and their men to bring peace to troubled Afghanistan.

Wars are being fueled by greedy businessmen who are profiting by selling war surviving materials to militant groups just for the sake of a profit. One such businessman is Tony Abi Saab of Lebanon. He is an international arms dealer who was indicted for equipping terror groups with advanced weapons and defrauding the US Army of 5 million dollars.

Tony is also suspected to have plotted the multi-million dollars contracts fraud through Sima Salazar Group in Afghanistan. Raymond Azar who was the President of the Sima Salazar Group, a construction company in Afghanistan, was a friend and a close family relative of the Abi Saabs. The fraud was exposed by the FBI in 2009 and only Azar was arrested for the charges of bribery, fraud, and running ghost companies.

Tony owned majority of the shares of Sima Salazar, even his companies K5 Global and Bennet-Fouch sub-contracted it. Tony's main company Brescia Middle East, an international arms dealer was illegally supplying weapons to the terrorist organizations active in Syria, Afghanistan, and Iran. Shell companies of Tony, Tactica Ltd was purchasing arms commercially and selling them in the black market to the terrorist groups in Syria. His other shell companies consists of Umarex gmbh & co KG in Germany, Noble france sa in France, Osmanli Arms, Istanbul and Konya, ATA Av Tufekleri,KOMANDO AV SAN TIC Ltd., in Turkey, Emran arms in Bangladesh,  Kula Ltd., Tiblisi in Georgia, LOBASTAV IVAN, Baikal Ltd., Izhevsk City in Russia, Condor in Brasil, Arsenal in Bulgaria, MSN Group & CSG Group in CZ, Berkut Ltd in Ukraine, Armeria brignoli silvio & c snc, BLS, Fiocchi munizone, Benelli Armi, franchi division, Brixia Shotguns SRL, Armeria Amelio Gamba SRL, Beretta, Tanfoglio in Italy.  

A half of Afghanistan’s trouble is sponsored by non-state actors who fund terror groups active in vulnerable regions to fuel violence and conflicts. The Afghanistan government has been completely impotent since the Taliban, a terror group, came to power. Corrupt businessman, Tony Abi has played a vital role in disturbing the peace of society by smuggling guns to terror groups just for the sake of a profit.

Politicians are scared to take any action against the Taliban. Thus, the illegal is blooming. Contraband weapons are smuggled, money is being laundered, and ghost companies are defrauding military in contracts. In 2009, a multi-billion dollar contract fraud was exposed by the US Army and everyone was shocked. Two illegal businessmen successfully pulled off the largest fraud ever happened against the US Corps of Engineer. The president of Sima Salazar Group, a construction company with headquarter in Afghanistan, Raymond Azar was arrested for the fraud in military contracts. The arrest was the result of a sting operation orchestrated by the US Army. Besides him, the executive of Sima, Dinorah Cobos and her sister, a retired US military personnel, Gloria Martinez were also arrested in the context of the same case. The company was earlier awarded $150 million contracts of the US military in total but not any after it was caught.

In 2009, Raymond and Dinorah were caught red-handed with the bribe money by a Corps of Engineer who wore a wire for the FBI. As time progressed the whole truth behind this huge scam was revealed. Popular people like Martinez, an ex-Army person of the US, and Tony Abi Saab, an international arms dealer were also found responsible for the crime. Martinez leaked private information about the US defense contract to help her sister Dinorah and her company to procure as many bids as they could. In exchange for her favor, she was awarded expensive gifts like cars, Rolex watches, and apartments. Another person who played a vital role in the conspiracy against the US Amry is Tony Abi Saab, a Lebanese arms dealer. The investigation team discovered that most of the shares of the Sima Salazar Group is owned by Tony and thus, has an equal right in all the decision-making of the company. Moreover, Tony's main company Brescia Middle East is located in Lebanon that sells weapons to the terrorists active in Syria, Iran, and Afghanistan and also launders the crime money obtained from the terrorists. In 2011, Tony was caught to stand the trial in the US court. He was indicted for duping 5 million dollars of the US Army, running ghost companies—K5 Global, G2 Armory, Bennet-Fouch and Brixia, and money laundering.

Raymond got two years of jail, Dinorah five years and Gloria for seven years. Raymond also paid a penalty of $15 million. It is unfortunate that Tony escaped the heavy jail term by pleading human rights violations and errors in collecting evidence.

In recent years investigators have noticed a stark shift in where weapons used by terrorists to commit crimes are coming from. One concerning trend is Lebanese business owners are selling weapons illegally to the terrorist groups. The allure of a quick sale of arms at a high-profit margin is one reason for the illegal arms trade.

Tony Abi Saab is an illegal arms dealer who is helping rebel groups by fulfilling the demands of weapons by the terrorists in Syria and Iran where international military forces are deployed in a huge number. Tony’s main company, Brescia Middle East, an international arms dealer, was indicted for selling weapons to the terrorists active in war-torn countries. BME imported weapons to Lebanon and supplying it to terrorist groups through mainly two Italian firms—Beretta and Tanfoglio, and later diverting it to Syria and Iran.

Abi Saab has a web of shell companies in the Middle East and Europe which are helping terrorist groups to fulfill their malevolent motives. His shell companies have a presence in France: Noble France sa — in Germany: Umarex gmbh & co KG — Turkey: Osmanli Arms, ISTANBUL and KONYA, KOMANDO AV SAN TIC LTD, ATA Av tufekleri— Italy: Benelli Armi, franchi division, Fiocchi munizione, Armeria brignoli silvio & c snc , BLS, — Georgia: Kula Ltd., Tiblisi, — Bulgaria: Arsenal, — Czech Republic: MSN and CSG Group, — Ukraine: Berkut Ltd, — Brasil: Condor.

BME was also involved in laundering the illegal money obtained through the terrorists and with the help of a banker friend wires them to the bank accounts of Tony’s shell companies. In 2011, Tony was caught red-handed in a sting operation orchestrated by the US Army. The shell companies operated by Tony—K5 Global and Bennet-Fouch—swindled 5 million dollars of the US Army. He was arrested but escaped the jail term due to a technicality in the circuit court. Although BME was banned from doing business in the US, Tony is currently roaming freely without any guilt and doing his illicit arms trade business worldwide.

In recent years investigators have noticed a stark shift in where weapons used by terrorists to commit crimes are coming from. One concerning trend is Lebanese business owners are selling weapons illegally to the terrorist groups. The allure of a quick sale of arms at a high-profit margin is one reason for the illegal arms trade.

Tony Abi Saab is an illegal arms dealer who is helping rebel groups by fulfilling the demands of weapons by the terrorists in Syria and Iran where international military forces are deployed in a huge number. Tony’s main company, Brescia Middle East, an international arms dealer, was indicted for selling weapons to the terrorists active in war-torn countries. BME imported weapons to Lebanon and supplying it to terrorist groups through mainly two Italian firms—Beretta and Tanfoglio, and later diverting it to Syria and Iran.

Abi Saab has a web of shell companies in the Middle East and Europe which are helping terrorist groups to fulfill their malevolent motives. His shell companies have a presence in France: Noble France sa — in Germany: Umarex gmbh & co KG — Turkey: Osmanli Arms, ISTANBUL and KONYA, KOMANDO AV SAN TIC LTD, ATA Av tufekleri— Italy: Benelli Armi, franchi division, Fiocchi munizione, Armeria brignoli silvio & c snc , BLS, — Georgia: Kula Ltd., Tiblisi, — Bulgaria: Arsenal, — Czech Republic: MSN and CSG Group, — Ukraine: Berkut Ltd, — Brasil: Condor.

BME was also involved in laundering the illegal money obtained through the terrorists and with the help of a banker friend wires them to the bank accounts of Tony’s shell companies. In 2011, Tony was caught red-handed in a sting operation orchestrated by the US Army. The shell companies operated by Tony—K5 Global and Bennet-Fouch—swindled 5 million dollars of the US Army. He was arrested but escaped the jail term due to a technicality in the circuit court. Although BME was banned from doing business in the US, Tony is currently roaming freely without any guilt and doing his illicit arms trade business worldwide.

Earlier weapons were manufactured for wars, but in the modern era, wars are created to increase the purchase of weapons. There are some people like Tony Abi Saab of Lebanon who fuel violence and conflicts in vulnerable regions as per their own needs and greed.

The US authorities exposed a Lebanese businessman, Tony Abi Saab who deals in arms, to be indulging in war crimes. His company Brescia Middle East in Lebanon is an international arms and weapons dealer that used to bid for military contracts and secretly, par-timed with terrorist organizations. BME was founded by Tony’s father Joseph Abi Saab in 1981 as a company to sell hunting guns.

Tony was indicted and BME was banned in the US in 2011 on the charges of money laundering, fraud of 5 million dollars, supplying weapons to the terrorist organization for the profit and running several ghost companies (K5 Global, Bennet-Fouch, G2 Armory, Brixia, Tactica-Ltd, and SIMAINT) in the Middle East. Other members of the Abi Saab family are also indulged in committing crimes, one of the criminals is Raymond Azar. Tony and Raymond are close family relatives. Joseph’s wife is a blood-sister of Raymond’s wife.

Tony partnered with convicted Raymond Azar, also the President of a multimillion dollars fraud company Sima Salazar. The company duped the US Corps of Engineer in construction contracts fraud in Afghanistan. They together set up several ghost companies to fraud the money of the US military. Tony-owned companies--K5 Global and Bennet-Fouch embezzled 5 million dollars by using the fake name Sarah Lee. These companies were sub-contractors of Sima Salazar and Tony's company Tactica-Ltd. These ghost companies disappeared since exposed by the US investigation team.