Hezbollah's Supply Chain Woes

Dan Harris is a founding member of Harris Sliwoski, an international law firm where he represents companies doing business in emerging market countries. Dan writes and speaks extensively on international law, with a focus on protecting foreign businesses in their overseas operations. He recently authored a blog post on his firm’s website using the recent Hezbollah exploding pager attack as a case study on the pitfalls of not vetting your suppliers, which is the topic of today’s discussion. You can get in touch with Dan here and read the blog post here.

Chapters

• 0:50 A recap of the exploding pagers attack
• 2:58 Red Flag 1 - The shell companies linked to the scheme
• 5:57 The importance of site visits
• 7:05 Red Flag 2 - The Asian electronics market as the perfect set up
• 9:51 Red Flag 3 - The batteries of the counterfeit pagers did not match the legitimate company
• 13:42 Red Flag 4 - The past performances of the shell companies' directors