Editor's Note: This report was produced and originally published by Threat Lens , Stratfor's unique protective intelligence product. Designed with corporate security leaders in mind, Threat Lens enables industry professionals to anticipate, identify, measure and mitigate emerging threats to people and assets around the world. Businesses must take a variety of threats from Hezbollah into account when operating in South America. Chief among these is corruption, which Hezbollah exploits — and which can also adversely impact business operations. Terrorism, by contrast, is less of an issue than collateral damage from its criminal operations. Corruption Businesses that stay honest face an uphill battle when competing against those like Hezbollah who have bought an advantage from corrupt officials. Hezbollah's production and export of counterfeit products including everything from Ray-Bans to CDs and DVDs, pharmaceuticals to fake Sony electronics, flood local markets and undercut legitimate vendors.