by Jyotsna Bucktowar | May 18, 2026
Between November 2023 and June 2025, AEL purchased discounted LPG through a Dubai-based trader and caused over $192M in USD payments to be processed via the U.S. financial system, despite multiple red flags including suspicious pricing, falsified shipping documents,...
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | May 8, 2026
The action, coordinated with the U.S. State Department, aims to disrupt Iran’s military supply chains and broader efforts to acquire arms and advanced technology through covert international networks. Treasury emphasised its continued “maximum pressure” strategy,...
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Apr 24, 2026
The action exposes a vast maritime and financial network facilitating billions of dollars in Iranian oil sales, with tankers transporting crude, LPG, and petrochemicals to markets across Asia, particularly China and the UAE. According to Treasury, these...
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Apr 9, 2026
The advisory highlights key red flags, including non-commercial transfers, opaque ownership structures, involvement of close associates, continued control by sanctioned persons, and transactions timed around designations, and stresses that firms must apply a...
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Mar 20, 2026
OFAC is sanctioning a global network of 16 individuals and entities linked to Hezbollah financier Alaa Hassan Hamieh for laundering and diverting over $100 million to finance the group’s terrorist operations, targeting companies in Lebanon, Syria, Poland, Slovenia,...
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