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category: Other
summary: Figure with expertise on Lebanese communities used by DEA for controlled
  heroin deliveries; relative of FIDCO's Maurice Ghanem.
tags:
- Person
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[Fred Ghanem](/people/fred-ghanem/) was a figure with special knowledge of Lebanese communities in Detroit, Houston, and Los Angeles. His expertise led to a noticeable increase in [DEA](/organizations/dea/)-controlled deliveries of heroin into the [United States](/places/united-states/). He was identified as a relative (either a brother or cousin) of [Maurice Ghanem](/people/maurice-ghanem/), who was involved with [FIDCO](/organizations/first-intercontinental-development-corporation/) in [Lebanon](/places/lebanon/), and was a senior [DEA](/organizations/dea/) official working with [Michael T. Hurley](/people/michael-t-hurley/).[^1]

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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.