U.S. to pay up to $15M for info on oil smuggling by Iranian military
By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times - Wednesday, September 4, 2019
The Trump administration announced Wednesday the U.S. government will pay up to $15 million in reward money to anyone offering information leading to the disruption of “financial operations†of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and its elite Quds Force.
“The United States Government is intensifying our maximum pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran,†U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook told reporters at the State Department, asserting that the new initiative will encourage individuals with knowledge of IRGC involvement in Iranian crude oil smuggling to come forward and tip off American officials.
“There are so many touch points along the sort of the chain that moves from when the oil is loaded and when it reaches its destination — the crews, the captains, the people who re-provision ships, et cetera,†Mr. Hook said. “There are many people who are involved in that, and it’s often the tips that you don’t think are going to lead to something big that often do.â€
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