Israel had long developed a sophisticated operation to blow up pagers in Lebanon and had previously set up a fake company producing explosive communication devices.
Oku.AzAccording to information from the newspaper “The New York Times”, citing sources.
According to sources, the Israelis are behind the pager explosions. In addition, it is noted that Israel created a fake company posing as an international pager manufacturer.
The publication notes that “BAC Consulting”, registered in Budapest, is part of the Israeli front. It is also reported that at least two more fake companies were created to hide the identities of the people involved in the operation, and they were Israeli intelligence officers.
Bloomberg Agency journalists conducted their own investigation into the activities of the Budapest-based company BAC Consulting Kft. It should be noted that according to information from the Taiwanese company Gold Apollo, this company had a license to use its trademark for the production of AR-924 pagers used in the recent explosions in Lebanon.
However, the investigation revealed that the official address of BAC Consulting in Budapest only leads to a small post office. An employee of this office said that the only sign of the company’s existence were the monthly visits of a representative to receive letters. The Hungarian authorities have also confirmed that BAC is only a commercial intermediary with no production in the country.
An even more unexpected fact was that the building in Paris indicated as the address of the CEO of “BAC Consulting” was in fact a barracks of the French gendarmerie.
Christiana Rozaria Barson-Archidiacono, owner of BAC Consulting, denied the allegations and said her company was only a broker and did not manufacture pagers.
However, Gold Apollo director Xu Ching-Kuan expressed surprise that BAC applied for a licence to produce the AR-924 model (currently linked to the explosions in Lebanon) two years ago.
In addition, the Hungarian Internet publication “Telex”, citing sources, determined that the pagers that exploded in Lebanon could have been purchased by the Bulgarian company “Norta Global Ltd” from the Taiwanese company “Gold Apollo” and not by the Hungarian “BAC” consulting company.
According to the publication, BAC Consulting, registered in Budapest, acted only as an intermediary in concluding a contract with the Taiwanese company, while Sofia was directly involved in the purchase of pagers.
Telex claims that Norta Global Ltd organised the delivery and sold the pagers to Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement. The portal reports that the devices were never in Hungary.
The publication notes that the Bulgarian company was founded in 2022 and is owned by an anonymous Norwegian citizen. It manages projects, but does not produce anything. The portal notes that 196 other companies are registered at its address.
It should also be noted that the extent to which the director of the Hungarian company, Kristiana Barshon-Artsidiako, knew about the work of “Norta Global Ltd” is still unknown. “BAC Consulting” was only needed to hide the Bulgarian footprint.
An international investigation is underway to determine the true role of BAC Consulting and to reveal all cases of the supply of pagers that were turned into terrorist weapons.
Recall that on September 17 and 18 throughout Lebanon, including the southern suburbs of Beirut Pager explodes en masse It happened. The communication devices that exploded belonged to members of the Hezbollah movement. Dozens of people died as a result of the incident, Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon said. Mujtaba Amani Among them, some four thousand people were injured.
