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Clan del Golfo Is Latest Latin American Drug Cartel Designated a Terrorist Organization by the U.S.

The U.S. Treasury Department said the group will also be added to the Office of Foreign Assets Control's sanctions list, freezing any assets under U.S. jurisdiction, barring financial dealings

Latin Times

U.S. Sanctions 12 Companies Linked to 'Los Chapitos' for Alleged Role In Fentanyl Trade

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced new sanctions targeting eight Mexican nationals and 12 Mexican companies allegedly linked to Los Chapitos, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel battling for control of the drug trafficking organization in northern Mexico.

Latin Times

Lebanon's Central Bank Freezes Accounts of Foreign Trade Exchanger

Lebanon's Central Bank froze the accounts of foreign trade exchanger Hassan Moukalled and his two sons, Rayan and Rani, two days after the United States imposed sanctions on them. The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Moukalled, his sons, and his money service business,…

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U.S. slaps sanctions on Paraguay's VP and former president, citing corruption

The U.S. Treasury on Thursday imposed sanctions on Paraguay's former President Horacio Cartes and current Vice President Hugo Velazquez, citing "rampant corruption that undermines democratic institutions."

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The future of U.S. crypto sanctions

A new Chainalysis report highlights how the Office of Foreign Assets Control has been targeting bad actors in the crypto sector.

Fortune

US Imposes Additional ‘Hezbollah’-Related Sanctions

The United States on Thursday sanctioned individuals and companies for allegedly providing financial services to and facilitating weapons procurement for the Lebanese “Hezbollah,” the US Treasury Department stated. “The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against two individuals and two companies based in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Sanctions IRGC-Affiliated Individuals, Entities for Malicious Cyber Acts

The US Treasury imposed new sanctions on the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) for their role in malicious cyber acts. The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned ten individuals and two entities for their roles in conducting malicious cyber acts, including ransomware activity. The Treasury…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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How can web3 technology help protect privacy?

The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control last month sanctioned a technology called Tornado Cash, on the grounds that it "has been used to launder more than $7 billion (over 253 billion baht) worth of virtual currency since its creation in 2019". Such enforcement measures are…

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US Sanctions Lebanese Businessman, his Firms over Hezbollah Ties

The US Treasury Department on Thursday issued new Hezbollah-related sanctions, designating Lebanese businessman and the Iran-backed group's financial facilitator, Ahmad Jalal Reda Abdallah, and his companies. Abdallah, five of his associates and eight of his companies in Lebanon and Iraq were sanctioned and added to the sanctions list of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

MTK Global distances itself from mobs boss Daniel Kinahan in new statement

The move comes after the Kinahan crime gang was hit with a series of sanctions

Dublin Live

Kinahan cartel members hit by US sanctions as part of international action

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued the order against the 'Kinahan Organized Crime Group' along with seven of its key members

Dublin Live

Saudi Arabia Blacklists 25 People, Entities over Houthi Financing

Saudi Arabia said Thursday that it added 25 people and entities from different nationalities to the country's terrorism list, saying they are involved in financing Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militias. A statement by the presidency of State Security said that in coordination with the US Treasury Department - Office of Foreign…

Asharq Al-Awsat

What are sanctions and how are they enforced?

An alternative to military action, sanctions are economic foreign policy tools.

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War in Ukraine: Will US sanctions on Russia be effective?

Solidarity for Ukraine was front and centre during US President Joe Biden's State of the Union address this week. Biden reiterated that American troops will not fight in Ukraine, but warned that NATO territory would be defended. He also announced that US airspace would be closed to Russian planes and…

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Russia-Ukraine crisis: US Treasury imposes sanctions against Putin, other leaders

US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday (local time) sanctioned Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and members of Russia's Security Council in response to Russia's "unjustified, unprovoked and premediated" invasion of Ukraine.

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