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US Treasury sanctions Gazprombank and takes additional steps to curtail Russia’s use of the international financial system
Treasury imposes sanctions on dozens of Russian banks, securities registrars, and finance officials; OFAC issues alert warning of risks of joining Russia’s System for Transfer of Financial Messages. This action is part of a broader effort to curtail Russia’s use of the international financial system to support its war against Ukraine…
EU agrees on 15th sanctions package against Russia, targeting its ‘shadow fleet’ of oil
The new sanctions package is expected to be discussed and formally approved by EU foreign ministers at their meeting on Dec. 16. The proposed package “adds more persons and entities to the already existing sanctions list, and targets entities in Russia and in third countries other than Russia that indirectly contribute to Russia’s military and technological enhancement through the circumvention of export restrictions,” the Hungarian presidency of the EU Council explained…
US Treasury sanctions 28 individuals and businesses involved in a global gold smuggling and ML network based in Zimbabwe
The global network led by Kamlesh Pattni (Pattni) has facilitated illicit activities by bribing officials, deploying trusted supporters to mask ownership, and weaving a global web of businesses to hide the illicit activities. This fraudulent scheme has robbed Zimbabwe’s citizens of the benefit of those natural resources while enriching corrupt government officials and criminal actors.
HM Treasury imposes a full asset freeze on Armagh man for facilitating terrorism and associating and with members of the New Irish Republican Army
Brian Sheridan (born Armagh) is further suspected of providing or assisting others in providing financial services or making available funds or economic resources for the New IRA. All funds and economic resources in the UK owned, held or controlled by Sheridan are frozen. This designation will prevent all UK persons and entities from maintaining any direct or indirect financial relationship with him or any of the companies he owns or controls without a licence from HM Treasury…
US Treasury exposes ML network using digital assets to evade sanctions
Action targets five individuals and four entities that are associated with or leverage the TGR Group, a sprawling international network of businesses and employees that have facilitated significant sanctions circumvention on behalf of Russian elites.
HM Treasury announces new sanctions under domestic counter-terrorism regulations
The UK Government has announced a full asset freeze against an individual they have reasonable cause to suspect is involved in terrorist activity by facilitating terrorism and associating with members of the New Irish Republican Army (‘New IRA’).
OFAC issues Sanctions Guidance for the Maritime Shipping Industry
It highlights 1) Deceptive Practices: Maritime stakeholders should be vigilant for fraudulent activities like falsified shipping documentation, manipulated vessel data, and hidden ownership structures that attempt to disguise violations. 2) Inadvertent Engagement with SDNs: U.S. and non-U.S. entities must avoid inadvertent dealings with SDNs, addressing red flags…
UK Foreign Secretary cracks down on dirty money with fresh sanctions
David Lammy, the UK Foreign Secretary, has frozen over £100 million in illicit assets and dismantled extensive networks used by kleptocrats to hide wealth embezzled from their nations. The sanctions also target the kleptocrats’ associates, including friends, family members, and facilitators who aided in siphoning resources from their home countries…
US Treasury targets Gulf Cartel for its involvement in illegal activities such as unregulated fishing, human smuggling, and narcotics trafficking
The action highlights how transnational criminal organizations like the Gulf Cartel rely on a variety of illicit schemes like IUU fishing to fund their operations, along with narcotics trafficking and human smuggling,” said Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Bradley T. Smith. “Treasury, as part of a whole-of-government approach to combatting transnational criminal organizations, remains committed to disrupting these networks and restricting these groups’ ability to profit from these activities…
OFAC issues new and amended FAQs regarding compliance within the insurance industry
OFAC amended FAQs 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 102, 103 and 104 as part of its ongoing process of reviewing published guidance to ensure information remains current. OFAC also issued new FAQs 1199 and 1200 that discuss scenarios under which insurance companies can pay claims under a policy issued to a blocked person or losses caused by a blocked person.
OFSI publishes Oil Price Cap advisory on evasion linked to product origin manipulation through fabricated and falsified Certificates of Origin (CO)
OFSI has identified instances where shipments of Russian origin oil and oil products have been manipulated to appear as non-Russian through the use of fabricated or falsified certificates of origin (CO).
US Treasury targets fentanyl traffickers and other key contributors to U.S. opioid crisis
Applies to a network of nine Mexican nationals involved in fentanyl, heroin, and other deadly drug trafficking and money laundering for the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG).