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category: Other
summary: U.S. Customs Service agent who partnered with Joe King on the Hashemi sting
  operation targeting Israeli intelligence arms sales to Iran.
tags:
- Person
---

[Romeo](/people/romeo/) was a [U.S. Customs Service](/organizations/us-customs/) agent. He was the partner of [Joe King](/people/joe-king/) and was involved in the [Hashemi sting](/events/hashemi-sting/) operation, which was designed to entrap individuals connected with [Israeli](/places/israel/) intelligence arms sales to [Iran](/places/iran/).[^1]

[Romeo](/people/romeo/) and [King](/people/joe-king/) contacted [Cyrus Hashemi](/people/cyrus-hashemi/) and contrived an illegal frame-up. [Romeo](/people/romeo/) also videotaped some of the people [Hashemi](/people/cyrus-hashemi/) met and secretly recorded.[^1]

[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.