Editing Safari Club (section)

===BCCI as a Financial Conduit===
BCCI’s Role in Safari Club Operations: The Safari Club used BCCI to launder money for its activities, with Saudi Arabia’s [[Kamal Adham]] and BCCI founder [[Agha Hasan Abedi]] overseeing the bank’s expansion into a “worldwide money-laundering machine.” A 2001 Time magazine report described BCCI as a “vast, stateless, multinational corporation” with its own intelligence and enforcement units, known as the “black network,” which supported the Safari Club’s objectives.

CIA’s Use of BCCI: The CIA used BCCI accounts to funnel money for covert operations, including support for the Afghan mujahideen through [[Operation Cyclone]]. This allowed the agency to bypass congressional oversight, with Adham and Abedi facilitating intelligence sharing and financing for groups like the mujahideen.