IRAQPROGRAM OVERVIEW · 2011. 12. 20. · o Last month we reported a Iranian operation caII Moroha located in downtown Baghdad market, with operations in tebanon, we have located

IRAQ PROGRAM OVERVIEW

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JUNEREPORT

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Contents

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARy 3

2. ROUTES 5

4. WORK PERFORMED DURINGTHE MONTH OFJUNE 11

5. PLAyERS 14

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Goal: To monitor and track movements of finished counterfeit cigarettes from the factories to the Iran border and

to confirm/deny if shipments are heading to turkey or elsewhere. Client goal is to have shipping and transit routes

mapped, as well as to work with appropriate enforcement agencies to incept shipments.

This month we have been engaged in tracking the Air bridge connection into Iraq as well as the factories are tied to

t he air bridge. At some point we need to get a green light for us to engage the local military and or police to stop

vehicl es and search th ern, under the threat of possible terrorism it can be done as we already work with the

Military and polic e on other matters. Disruption is also possible as outlined before. I would c1early state this month

our Int el has been coming in on a more fr equent mann er do to th e network of sources that we have acquired .

This month :

• Last month we reported that some of the product coming into Iraq and being ship to Iran is manufactured

outside of lraq, we now know the come from Moldova, Vietnam and are coming acrossfrom Turkey

o Last month we reported that a Greek Operation, under the name of Yano we are currently trying

to locate operations in Baghda?" ,what we have now found is this company is called Yanosi and

Assoc, based on the Turkish sldeo] Cyprus ( we filed the report in the Syrian end of month report)

o Last month we reported' a North Korean I trying to locate narne, we have been able yet to located

this

o Last mont h we reported a Iranian operat ion caII Moroha located in downtown Baghdad market,

with operations in tebanon, we have located the Baghdad store, it is in Sborja-Kefab city, located at

King Ghazi street, AlIawi al shorjia Baghdad, highlighted in black, we have not accessed it yet.

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o Russian I trying ta Iacate name

Cigarettes Type being smuggled:

• Winstons ( coming from Dubai into Baghdad and then to Iran)

• Salem

• Gauloises

• Marlboro

• Davidoff (coming from Dubai into Baghdad and then into Iran)

• H&M

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2. ROUTES

Known Rout es into Iraq:

• Habur Customs bo rder Products coming from the Russian federation, Lebanon, North Korea, Vietnam, UAE,

OMAN and Morocco transiting though Cyprus to Turkey, where they are off loaded at the Free Zone of

Mersin. In Mersin we are aware that they off-Ioad and re load and remove marks and numbers from product

t o prevent the ir being traced. These products are t hen moved to Silop i pass (370 14 1 59" North, 42 0 281 10)

then fo llow the road caII Silopi Harbur Yolu road. Turkey has a road numbering very much like the UK, th e

road number are: D430 route or E90 Rout e. This road ends at The Habur Customs border w ith Iraq (LAT 37°

8'19.69" LONG, 42° 351 28.04")

Bord er with Turkey and Iraq, Dohuk SAT PHOTO

Picture (Harbur Cross Truck Park locat ion 1)

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Harbur Truck Park 2

Bashmakh Crossing. This crossing from Iraq to Iran, this location is used at times, due to t he limited amount of

cust oms peopl e (not e below) LAT: 3s 0 36'SO.6S"N LONG: 46° l'1.22"E

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Bashmakh Truck parkingan Iran side

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Note Below a actual Picture of Truck Part 1, t his is a open gro und for aII trucks to stop and walk to t he immigrat ions

check points.. as we ll as pay for t he opportunity to bring t hings across wit hout the proper paperwork.

These are the gates that lock the Border up at night. Behind th is solider is Iran

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Mehran Border crossing

Mehran is a city in Iran,.near the countrv's western border in lIam Province. Because of its strategic proximity - onlytwo hours' drive from Baghdad - the city has played a continuing role in dealings between Iran and Iraq. It has apopulat ion of 50,000'.

In March 2005 the Iranian governrnent decreed that Iranian pilgrims could once again enter Iraq through Mehran;and in May 2005·it was reported that the city is to be converted into a special tourist zone from where Iranianpilgrims will travel.toward Karbala and holy Shiite sites in lraq, to be facilitated by the construction of several threeand four star hotels. Not e the Map below: LAT: 33° 7'24.89 11N and LONG: 46° 316.63 11E

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This is the cavered access ta the Iranian barder where dacuments are checked.


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4. WORK PERFORMED DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE

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The above is site once, a detai l report was given December 2009 , and th is site as you can see is very fast in the land,location and number of bui lding. 00 0 .There are.three "locat ions we have targeted based upon our Inte l, our actua lwalking Recon and movemenţ~ of vehicles . .o'The main wa'rehouse has offices, and printing mach ines, second locat ion

marked Storage warehouse, hasthe.crates, pallets and product.

FACTORIES: NORTHERN IRAQ: ERBIL

Movements

• Site One: the DohukChicken Factory: LAT36°49145.31", LONG 42°45 149.25". (Note above)

o Number .of trucks coming in and out of location: 15 per month

o Day time visits: 5, our visits to the location

o Types of vehicles 1 Cars, ~ tone cargo truck

o Two open caged trucks from location to Sulaymaiyah ( this truck had Marlboro)

o Two trucks fol lowed to Erbil Airport

o Eight trucks crossing into to Baghdad

Site Two

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• Site two: LAT36°13130.71", LONG 44°02'51.67"

o Number of t rucks coming in and out of t his location : 4 per month going to Erbil, Baghdad and Iran

o Day t ime visit: 2 our visits to t he locati on

o Type of vehicle: cars and small pick-up trucks.

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Site two just added this external fuel tank

CENTRAL IRAQ: BAGHDAD:

• Last month "Ve reported th e:followin g: We are working the markets and local vendors; we do have one

locatlonthat has been flagged for fo llow -up this month as we ll as three locations in Karbala.

This locat ion is: Almared (Intel brief was provided)

• Last month we reported: We have a customer official who wil l be providing us information in Basra, this

relationship ls paid source.

• Last month we reported: we are working with Loca l IP Iraqi Police on buying information as it relates to

Cigaret te movements to locations. Dangerous, well being in Baghdad is dangerous, it is what it is, a way to

gain information

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LAND BORDERS:

• We have mapped out borders

PLAYERS

Dues to t he time frame of having to submit th is report, towards t he end of t his month we will have new informati onabout two more locati ons and RUS aviat ion as well.

INTELREPORTS

Both Companies have received INTEL reports which I will not append to t his document.


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5. Diagram of Known Routes

L1NKS Ta ALMARED

Turkey , Istanbul

Mr. Akil Kazim

Dubai Location

Moved via the road with trucks

Sayed Jaafar

Sharjah Location

MOLDOVA Factory , city isCahul

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