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June 2009 FINAL VERSION

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FAA Airmen Registry Report Prepared by: SBS Professional Services Date: June 2009

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 3 DISTRIBUTION ......................................................................................................................... 4 EXCERPTS: THE LAW AND THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT ........................................... 5 EXCERPTS: SUBCOMMITTEE MEMO TO SENATOR BRAD MILLER ................................. 7 EXCERPTS: FAA Documents ................................................................................................ 8 PAN AM FLIGHT 103 – LOCKERBIE, SCOTLAND ................................................................. 9 ILLEGAL MILITARY AIRCRAFT-RELATED EXPORTS TO IRAN ........................................ 13 SUPPORTING HIZBALLAH ................................................................................................... 15 POSSESSING A BIOLOGICAL WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION ................................. 17 OPERATION ALCATRAZ ....................................................................................................... 19 NARCOPILOTO ...................................................................................................................... 22


INTRODUCTION “If You See Something, Say Something” posters are peppered throughout the New York City Transit system--daily reminders that it is each individual’s responsibility to be vigilant about possible threats to our collective safety. We at Safe Banking Systems (“SBS”) have seen something we believe to be of a national security interest. This report is to “Say Something,” and to ensure that it is heard by the appropriate authorities. Publicly available data indicates that the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) is certifying pilots, mechanics and instructors who pose a threat to our security. Our company is in the watchlist scanning business, assisting financial institutions and corporations to comply with and adhere to federal regulations and to combat fraud and financial crime. In simple terms our automated solution and advanced, unique methodology identifies terrorists, drug kingpins, other high risk criminals and other persons of interest in large databases - in minimal time and with minimal manual effort. Our success is attributable to tackling the inherent challenges in this space with a unique approach and methods different from those used in competing applications. Our solution is able to mine client databases containing many millions of records, with names, addresses and other information, and to highlight individuals and entities of the highest risk, highest relevance and highest probability of being true matches. While watchlist scanning is indeed difficult to implement, see “Note 54” below, an except from the 9/11 Report, SBS implements leading edge techniques because difficult problems are the most gratifying ones to solve and most often prove useful to our clients. Recently we began testing one of these new techniques entitled “Collective Entity Resolution” on a handful of publicly available databases, including the FAA Airmen Registry. The results were as unexpected as they are chilling. The FAA Airmen Registry consists of certified airmen and contains approximately one million pilots, flight crew members, mechanics, dispatchers and instructors etc. of which, approximately 150,000 are listed with foreign addresses. Because SBS does not have access to confidential government watchlists, we make use of “open source intelligence” that is publicly available on the internet. Our tests ran for approximately two hours and yielded several alarming potential matches. After four days of further investigation, by just one member of our staff, a dozen matches were confirmed beyond any doubt. This report details six of these shocking cases of persons certified by the FAA, including: The Lockerbie bombers, illegal dealer of F-14 parts to Iran, Hizballah supporter, producer of Biological Weapons and major drug traffickers. Pilots and other personnel with access in particular to commercial planes must be properly vetted. Prevention must be our main focus. Airlines are forced to screen passengers, but that will not secure our airways and can only create a false sense of security so long as persons such as those identified in this report retain privileged access to our commercial airplanes and airports. In February of this year, Mr. Harry Markopolos, a private citizen, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Financial Services about the frustrations of his decade long saga of attempting to warn the SEC about the malfeasance of Bernard Madoff,, without any success. I will not let this story become another Markopolos story. For this reason, we deliver this message to the government officials listed below along with the media. We have “Said Something”. I trust that someone is listening. David M. Schiffer President, Safe Banking Systems Thinking Ahead of the Risks


DISTRIBUTION • Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) • Ray LaHood, Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) • J. Randolph Babbitt, Chief Administrator Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) • Dennis C. Blair, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) • Robert S. Litt, General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence • Christopher Kojm, Chairman of the National Intelligence Council (NIC). • Eric Holder, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) • Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State • Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator, (NY) • Charles E. Schumer, Senator, (NY) • Steve Israel, Congressman, (NY-02) • Peter T. King, Congressman, (NY-03) • U. S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Democrats − Dianne Feinstein, California, Chairman John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia − Ron Wyden, Oregon Evan Bayh, Indiana − Barbara A. Mikulski, Maryland Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin − Bill Nelson, Florida Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island

Republicans − Christopher S. Bond, Missouri Vice Chairman Orrin Hatch, Utah − Olympia J. Snowe, Maine Saxby Chambliss, Georgia − Richard Burr, North Carolina Tom Coburn, Oklahoma − James Risch, Idaho

• House Intelligence Committee’s Terrorism Subcommittee

Democrats

Mike Thompson, Chairman, California Alcee Hastings, Vice Chair, Florida C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Maryland Jim Langevin, Rhode Island Adam Schiff, California Adam Smith, Washington Dan Boren, Oklahoma

Republicans Mike J. Rogers, Ranking Member, Michigan Elton Gallegly, California Sue Wilkins Myrick, North Carolina Jeff Miller, Florida Mike Conaway, Texas


EXCERPTS: THE LAW AND THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT The Law: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Parts 61, 63, and 65 [Docket No.: FAA–2003–14293; Amendment Nos. 61–108, 63–32, 65–44] RIN 2120–AH84 Ineligibility for an Airman Certificate Based on Security Grounds This final rule expressly makes a person ineligible to hold FAA issued airman certificates if the Transportation Security Administration notifies the FAA in writing that the person poses a security threat. This action is intended to reduce the opportunity for persons to carry out terrorist acts in the aviation environment… Airmen are in a position to exercise the privileges of their certificates in support of terrorist activities. For example, pilots could drop chemical or biological agents from an aircraft or, as the events of September 11 demonstrated, crash aircraft into buildings. Mechanics could sabotage aircraft, and flight instructors could teach terrorists how to operate aircraft. While a person might attempt to undertake such actions even if he or she does not hold an airman certificate, taking action to deny, suspend, or revoke airman certification is intended to make it more difficult to do so. In any event, persons determined by the TSA to pose a security threat are simply unqualified to hold airman certificates… U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration, National Policy Order 2150.3B Effective Date: 10/01/07 Page 120 Chapter 6. Legal Enforcement Actions and Legal Counsel Responsibilities Section 9. Emergency Suspension or Revocation of Certificates d. Criteria for Emergency Action. (4) FAA legal counsel initiates a case under 14 C.F.R. § 61.15(a) [Offenses involving alcohol or drugs] by issuing a notice proposing certificate action. Following an informal conference, which generally is held within 30 days of the receipt of the request for an informal conference, FAA legal counsel issues an order ordinarily on a nonemergency basis. However, FAA legal counsel may issue an emergency order if the circumstances of the case warrant that action. An emergency order likely is issued if the underlying conduct is egregious (for example, drug kingpin activity) [emphasis added] or if there is evidence of present or recent involvement in the same type of conduct. When there is an issue of whether the order should be issued as an emergency, the case is coordinated with AGC-300.


The 9/11 Report 3.3 . . .AND IN THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) within the Department of Transportation had been vested by Congress with the sometimes conflicting mandate of regulating the safety and security of U.S. civil aviation while also promoting the civil aviation industry. The FAA had a security mission to protect the users of commercial air transportation against terrorism and other criminal acts. The longtime chief of the FAA's civil aviation security division testified that he was not even aware of the State Department's TIPOFF list of known and suspected terrorists (some 60,000 before 9/11) until he heard it mentioned during the Commission's January 26, 2004, public hearing. The FAA had access to some TIPOFF data, but apparently found it too difficult to use.54 Note 54: “Finally, on the watchlist, officials told us that large lists were difficult to implement, particularly when they weren't accompanied by numeric data such as date of birth that would enable an air carrier to distinguish the terrorist from others around the world who had his or her name.” http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/index.htm


EXCERPTS: SUBCOMMITTEE MEMO TO SENATOR BRAD MILLER TO: Chairman Brad Miller Subcommittee on Investigation and Oversight Committee on Science and Technology FROM: Subcommittee Staff RE: Questions regarding technical flaws, poor government oversight and potential contractor

mismanagement on the National Counterterrorism Center’s RAILHEAD information technology development program

DATE: August 21, 2008 As numerous U.S. government investigations have revealed, most notably the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States1, commonly referred to as the 9.11 Commission, one of the fundamental failures of the law enforcement and intelligence communities to prevent the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks was the inability to “connect the dots” and share critical terrorist intelligence data between U.S. government agencies. As part of the 9.11 Commission’s recommendations to help rectify those failures and help prevent any future terrorist attacks the U.S. government created the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), run by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Under the ODNI, a National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) was also established, which “serves as the central and shared knowledge bank on terrorism information” and “establishes the information technology (IT) systems and architectures within the NCTC and between the NCTC and other agencies that enable access to, as well as integration, dissemination, and use of, terrorism information.”2 1. The official title of the 0.11 Commission is the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. The commission’s

final report is accessible at: http://www.9-11commission.gov/. 2. National Counterterrorism Center: “What We Do;” http://www.nctc.gov/about/what_we_do.html


EXCERPTS: FAA Documents U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration, National Policy Order 2150.3B Effective Date: 10/01/07 Page 36 Chapter 2. Compliance and Enforcement Policy and Objectives Section 9. Publicizing Enforcement Actions. a. General. (1) Publicizing enforcement actions serves many interests. The public has a right to know how the FAA is conducting its responsibilities on the public’s behalf. In addition, enforcement information about a regulated party may be useful in making consumer choices. Publicizing enforcement actions also serves the government’s strong interest in ensuring, through deterrence, compliance with the FAA’s regulations. Often the adverse publicity and concomitant public reaction to regulatory violations serve more effectively to deter future violations by an entity than the loss of funds caused by a civil penalty. And while an unpublicized civil penalty or certificate action operates to deter future violations by the entity subjected to the enforcement action, publicizing the action acts as a deterrent for others similarly situated. The FAA does not publicize the identity of individuals against whom it takes enforcement actions. Airman Directory Releasable File June 2008 Page 2 Notes: Only active Certificates are processed; at least 1 Certificate must be active for Airman to be in file.


PAN AM FLIGHT 103 – LOCKERBIE, SCOTLAND

FAA CERTIFIED AIRMEN REGISTRY1

AIRMAN # AIRMAN CERTIFICATE(S)

A0542960 ABDELBASET ALI ELMEGRAHI

PO Box 2555 Tripoli, LIBYA

DOB: 01-Apr-1952

Type Issued On Valid As Of

Aircraft Dispatcher Jun-1975 Jun-2009

A0584194 LAMEN KHLIFA FHIMA

Libyan Arab Airlines

PO Box 2555 Tripoli, LIBYA


Aircraft Dispatcher Jan-1979 Jun-2009

FBI TEN MOST WANTED FUGITIVES LIST 2

# FUGITIVE DOB CHARGE DATES ON / OFF LIST

441 ABDEL BASSET ALI AL-MEGRAHI 01-Apr-1952 1988 Bombing of

Pan Am Flight 103

over Lockerbie, Scotland

From: Mar-95

To: Apr-99 442 LAMEN KHALIFA FHIMA 04-Apr-1956

LOCKERBIE TIMELINE

DATE DESCRIPTION

Dec-1988 Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland, in route to New York from London, killing 270 people. Cause is determined to be a bomb placed in unattended luggage.

Nov-1991 U.S. indicts MEGRAHI and FHIMA and accuses them of being Libyan intelligence officers operating under cover as Libyan Arab Airlines employees.3 Libya refused to extradite the men.

Mar-1995 FBI adds both to the “Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list. A four million dollar reward is offered by the Airline Pilots and Air Transport Associations in coordination with the US Dept of State.4,5

Apr-1998 Libya agrees to turn over the accused for trial in a neutral country under Scottish law.6

Apr-1999 MEGRAHI and FHIMA surrender to authorities in The Netherlands to be tried by a Scottish Court

Jan-2001 MEGRAHI is found guilty and is, ultimately, given a 27 year sentence to be served in Scotland.

FHIMAH is found not guilty and returns to Libya.7

Aug-2003 Libya agrees to pay $2.7 billion in compensation to the victims’ families

1 https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry 2 http://web.archive.org/web/20000815063929/www.fbi.gov/mostwant/topten/topten.pdf 3 http://web.archive.org/web/20080216045037/http://db.mipt.org/documents/Cases/91-CR-645_Indictment.pdf 4 http://web.archive.org/web/19981205233417/www.fbi.gov/mostwant/megrahi.htm 5 http://web.archive.org/web/19981206052614/www.fbi.gov/mostwant/fhimah.htm 6 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/6236538.stm 7 http://www.terrorismcentral.com/Library/Legal/HCJ/Lockerbie/LockerbieVerdict.html


ILLEGAL MILITARY AIRCRAFT-RELATED EXPORTS TO IRAN FAA CERTIFIED AIRMEN REGISTRY 1

AIRMAN # AIRMAN CERTIFICATES

A2164452 RE TABIB

31848 Via Del Paso

Winchester, Riverside,

CA 92596-8602


Transport Pilot Apr-2009 Jun-2009

Ground Instructor Apr-2009 Jun-2009

Flight Instructor Aug-2007 Jun-2009

Private Pilot (Foreign Based) * Jun-1986 Jun-2009

* Note: The Foreign Based certificate from 1986 indicates the country as IRAN

FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS INMATE LOCATOR 2

INMATE # INMATE AGE-RACE-SEX LOCATION RELEASE DATE

32605-112 RE TABIB 54-White-M Released Jan-2009

BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY’S DENIED PERSONS LIST 3, 4

NAME AND ADDRESS FROM / TO DESCRIPTION

TABIB, RE a/k/a TABIB, REZA

31848 Via Del Paso, Winchester, CA

Jun-2008 / May-2012 Export privileges denied.

IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT COUNTER-PROLIFERATION INVESTIGATIONS 5,6

ACTION DATE EXCERPT

ARREST Feb-2006 “In 2006, federal agents intercepted maintenance kits for the F-14 fighter jet that Tabib and his wife, Terri Tabib, had sent to Iran. A search of their California home led to the seizure of more than 13,000 aircraft parts as well as various aircraft part “shopping lists” that provided to the couple by an Iranian military officer”.

GUILTY PLEA Jun-2006 “Reza Tabib [aka Re Tabib] pleaded guilty on June 5, 2006…”

SENTENCE May-2007 “An Iranian-born United States citizen was sentenced… to two years in prison and six months of home confinement for illegally exporting U.S. military aircraft parts to Iran..”

Note: Tabib was, allegedly, the Chief Flight Instructor of the Newport Flight Center, John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, CA.7

1 https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry 2 www.bop.gov/iloc2/LocateInmate.jsp 3 www.bis.doc.gov/dpl/thedeniallist.asp 4 http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-15306.pdf 5 www.ice.gov/pi/news/factsheets/counter_proliferations.htm 6 www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/070508santaana.htm 7 www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1688151.php/www.geocities.com/chip1usa/newport.html


SUPPORTING HIZBALLAH



A2404281 FAWZI MUSTAPHA ASSI

Address Not Available

DOB: 04-Sep-1959

Type Issued On Medical Exam Valid As Of

Private Pilot Oct-1985 Jul-1997 Jun-2009



25188-039 FAWZI MUSTAPHA ASSI 49-White-M Milan Federal Correction Inst Feb-2013

FBI MOST WANTED (1998 – 2004) 3

DESCRIPTION WANTED FOR

FAWZI MUSTAPHA ASSI

DOB: 04-Sep-1959

SSN: 375-86-2200

Occupation: Engineer

Nationality: Lebanese

NCIC: W098950792

PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO A DESIGNATED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION

SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS AND AN ESCAPE RISK

“On July 13, 1998, Fawzi Mustapha Assi was stopped and searched by U.S. Customs Agents at the Detroit Metro Airport just prior to him boarding a flight to Germany with a final destination of Lebanon. Law enforcement officials located and seized a number of pieces of military and aviation equipment…

Assi was subsequently indicted under federal statutes for providing material support and resources to Hizballah, which has been designated a terrorist organization by the Secretary of State.

On July 28, 1998, Assi failed to appear… and has not been seen since.”

US DEPT OF JUSTICE 4

ACTION DATE EXCERPT

ARREST Jul-1998 “Mr. Assi admitted that, on July 13, 1998, he attempted to board… an international flight for Lebanon. He was attempting to deliver these items [military and aviation equipment] to a person in Lebanon, who was purchasing the equipment for Hizballah…”

FLEE 1998 - 2004 “He fled to Lebanon and remained there until May 2004 when he returned to the United States.”

GUILTY PLEA Nov-2007 “Fawzi Assi, 47, formerly of Dearborn, Michigan, entered the guilty plea… in November 2007.

SENTENCE Dec-2008 “…was sentenced today to 10 years in prison after having pleaded guilty to providing material support to Hizballah, a designated foreign terrorist organization…”

1 https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry 2 http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/LocateInmate.jsp 3 http://web.archive.org/web/20000303110706/www.fbi.gov/mostwant/fugitive/janassi.htm 4 http://detroit.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/de121208.htm


POSSESSING A BIOLOGICAL WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION


AIRMAN # AIRMAN CERTIFICATES

A2464328 MYRON TERESHCHUK

4606 21st St Mount Rainer,

Prince George’s County, MD

DOB: 08-May-1962


Student Pilot Dec-1991 Jun-2009

Mechanic Mar-1990 Jun-2009



47510-083 MYRON TERESHCHUK

47-White-M Gilmer Federal Correction Inst

Jan-2012

FBI WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION CASE 3

ACTION DATE EXCERPT

ARREST Mar-2004 “On March 10, 2004, FBI agents executing a search warrant on a Maryland home… Myron Tereshchuk, who lived in the house, was arrested and admitted to initiating the process of ricin production. Laboratory analysis identified the liquids and solids to be ricin, nicotine sulfate (a chemical used in pesticides), and explosive powder.”

GUILTY PLEA May-2005 “On May 13, 2005, Tereshchuk pled guilty to possession of a biological weapon and possession of explosives.”

SENTENCE May-2005 “He was sentenced to three years and five months in prison for each charge. He was additionally sentenced to three years of supervised release.”

1 https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry 2 http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/LocateInmate.jsp 3 http://www.fbi.gov/hq/nsb/wmd/wmd_cases.htm#Myron


OPERATION ALCATRAZ



A3886137 MARIN GABRIEL EDUARDO AFANADOR

Calle 137 A #58-71 Casa 57

Santa Fe De Bogot, COLOMBIA

DOB: 22-Nov-1974

Type Issued On Medical Valid As Of

Commercial Pilot Oct-1995 Jan-1999 Jun-2009

Commercial Pilot (Foreign Based)*

Aug-1995 Jan-1999 Jun-2009

* The Foreign Based certificate indicates COLOMBIA

A2757602 GABRIEL AFANADOR SOLANO

Address Not Available

DOB: 23-Nov-1949


Flight Engineer* Mar-1992 na Mar-1994

* Special Purpose-Lessee: “Valid For U.S. Registered Civil Aircraft B-727. Leased To Sam Airlines…. Expires: 31 Mar 1994.


INMATE # INMATE AGE-RACE-SEX LOCATION RELEASE

63993-004 GABRIEL EDUARDO AFANADOR-MARIN 34-White-M Miami Federal Detention Ctr Unknown

63992-004 GABRIEL EDUARDO AFANADOR-SOLANO 59-White-M Coleman Federal Correction Mar-2018

US DISTRICT COURT – SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 3

ACTION DATE DESCRIPTION

INDICTED Sep-2003 Five counts related to drug trafficking with maximum penalty life imprisonment for each. “There was a large quantity of cocaine seized in connection with case by U .S .authorities, approximately 380 kilograms [838 lbs]... In addition, there was a seizure of approximately 480 kilograms [1058 lbs] of cocaine conducted by the Colombian authorities.”

EXTRADITED Nov-2004 From Colombia into US custody. Date of Births given: Solano, 23-Nov-1949; Marin, 22-Nov-1974.

PLEAD GUILTY Mar-2006 Solano / Marin sentenced to 197 / 100 months imprisonment, respectively, followed by deportation.

Note: Afanador-Solano and his son, Afanador-Marin were, reportedly, captured in 2003 as part of the Operation Alcatraz.4 “Operation Alcatraz is a… multi-national, multi-jurisdictional... operation targeting North Coast of Colombia-based drug transportation organizations… The Colombian organizations have been linked to the Autodefensas Unidas De Colombia (AUC) and are responsible for transporting multi-ton quantities of cocaine via go-fast vessels from the North Coast of Colombia to the Caribbean for subsequent transshipment to the United States… As of December 31, 2004, this operation has resulted in the arrests of 59 defendants… and the seizure of 10,710 kilograms of cocaine.5

1 https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry 2 http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/LocateInmate.jsp 3 https://ecf.flsd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/iquery.pl (CASE 1:03-cr-20802-JAL USA v. Afanador-Solano, et al) 4 http://www.ofac.net.co/noticias/ver.php?cons=216&mesano=200411 5 http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2005/vol1/html/42361.htm


NARCOPILOTO FAA CERTIFIED AIRMEN REGISTRY1


A2221149 NELIO ALVES DE OLIVEIRA

280 Antonion Oliveira Lima St

Campo Grande MS, BRAZIL


Commercial Pilot (Foreign Based)*

Sep-1984 na Jun-2009

* The Foreign Based certificate indicates PARAGUAY

OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE

ACTION YEAR EXCERPT

Background 2002 “Fadh Jamil Georges es un conocido capomafioso de la frontera de Paraguay con su natal Brasil. Sus pistas de aterrizaje ilegales han sido allanadas, destruidas y reconstruidas, en incontables ocasiones...”2

“Fadh Jamil Georges is known as the mafia boss of the Paraguay border with his native Brazil. Its illegal airstrips have raideds, destroyed and rebuilt on numerous occasions…”

Note: The above airman’s address, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) borders Paraguay.

Arrested 2003 In Brazil : “…se que há inúmeros e irresistíveis indícios de que ser NÉLIO ALVES DE OLIVEIRA piloto de avião da quadrilha … dedicada ao tráfico internacional de drogas.” 3

“…there are many and irrefutable indicators that NÉLIO ALVES DE OLIVEIRA is the airplane pilot of a gang… dedicated to international drug trafficking.”

Arrested 2004 In Paraguay : “…fue detenido [capomafioso brasileño Ivan] Mendes Mesquita con 260 kilos de cocaína en noviembre de 2004…fue extraditado por la justicia de nuestro país a los Estados Unidos… [pilotos Nelio] Alves y [Eder] Ferrato… fueron detenidos a lado de la avioneta de Mendes Mesquita. 4

“[Brazilian Mafia boss, Ivan] Mendes Mesquita, was arrested with 260 kilograms of cocaine in November 2004… he was extradicted to the United States… [pilots Nelio] Alves and Eder Ferrato… were arrested near Mendes Mesquita’s plane.”

Linked to Fahd

2005 “Aponta ligações entre Fahd, [‘o rei da fronteira Brasil-Paraguai’], e Nélio Alves de Oliveira…mostra um quadro da movimentação financeira dos acusados, a título de depósitos …” 5

“Suggestive links between Fahd, [‘a king of the Brazil-Paraguay border], and Nelio Alves de Oliveira… show a picture of financial handling of the accused, by way of deposits…”

Linked to a SDNTK

2006 The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) adds Fahd Jamil to its list of sanctioned Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficking Kingpins (SDNTK)6

Sentenced 2007 “...los narcopilotos de la organización criminal, Nelio Alves de Oliveira y Eder Ferrato, le aplicaron penas de 15 años de prisión cada uno, por los delitos de narcotráfico y asociación criminal.” 7

“...the narcopilots of the criminal organization, Nelio Alves de Oliveira and Eder Ferrato,were sentenced to 15 years in prison for narco trafficking…”

Published by US State Dept

2009 “Despite greater Brazilian cooperation with neighboring countries… narcotics traffickers continue to exploit the vast, difficult-to-control border regions, particularly in… Mato Grosso do Sul.”8

1 https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry 2 http://anteriores.lanacion.com.py/noticia-43173-2002/11/11.htm 3 http://www.jusbrasil.com.br/jurisprudencia/4077988/apelacao-criminal-35181-acr-12512-ms-20076000012512-4-trf3 4 http://anteriores.lanacion.com.py/noticia-166182-2007/08/15.htm 5 http://www.ibgf.org.br/index.php?data[id_secao]=4&data[id_materia]=524 6 http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/actions/20060601.shtml 7 http://anteriores.lanacion.com.py/noticia-166182-2007/08/15.htm 8 http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2009/vol1/116520.htm