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August 4, 2026

OFAC expands sanctions against Iranian financier Babak Zanjani’s network, designating 4 individuals and 9 entities involved in sanctions evasion, ML and digital asset operations used to support IRGC

July 24, 2026

The Treasury designated four individuals and nine entities linked to Zanjani’s broader network, including businesses involved in fintech, digital wallets, diamonds, gold-backed tokens, transport and infrastructure. Treasury said the network used offshore companies and public-facing commercial ventures to obscure ownership, settle cross-border payments and support exchanges whose wallets had processed….

OFAC targets 4 individuals and 3 entities for providing financial support to Hamas, targeting fundraising networks that used sham charities and front organisations to finance terrorist activities

July 23, 2026

Designates a senior Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood official alongside three individuals and three entities accused of providing material support to Hamas. Treasury describes a cross-border financing model involving sham charitable appeals, diversion of ostensibly humanitarian donations and underground banking services that handled both conventional currency and digital assets…

OFAC sanctions more than 50 people and businesses across CJNG’s leadership, drug-trafficking, ML operations and illicit-finance networks in its largest action against the Mexican cartel

July 23, 2026

This action targets individuals and entities operating across several Mexican states and supporting revenue streams including drug trafficking, fuel theft, smuggling and timeshare fraud. Treasury said the designations reflect a network-based strategy aimed at disrupting the cartel’s leaders, financiers, front businesses, facilitators and corrupt enablers simultaneously…

U.S. designates the Juárez Cartel and Los Viagras as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, expanding sanctions and enforcement powers to disrupt their financing and criminal operations

July 17, 2026

The designations classify the Juárez Cartel and Los Viagras as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists, citing a sufficient factual basis that the groups have committed, attempted to commit, or pose a significant risk of committing terrorist acts threatening U.S. nationals, national security, foreign policy or the U.S. economy…

OFAC sanctions 7 individuals and entities linked to an IRGC weapons procurement network, targeting illicit financing channels and Iran’s proliferation activities

July 15, 2026

The network allegedly used foreign aviation and transport companies, financial intermediaries, and travel coordinators to conceal procurement activities and move materials and personnel globally. The designations block the assets of targeted parties under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibit U.S. persons from engaging in transactions with them, reinforcing efforts to disrupt Iran’s illicit weapons financing…

U.S. Treasury expands sanctions on Shamkhani’s shipping network, targeting 50+ individuals, entities and vessels involved in Iran’s illicit oil trade and sanctions evasion activities

July 14, 2026

OFAC sanctioned more than 50 individuals, entities and vessels linked to the network of Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, which Treasury says moves Iranian oil, commodities and shipping revenue through a global web of intermediaries. The designations target exchange services, shell companies, shipping firms, foreign currency channels and procurement links used to move proceeds from sanctioned trade and obscure…

U.S. Treasury sanctions a PCC-linked Brazilian network for laundering over $190M through drug trafficking and trade-based schemes that exploited the U.S. financial system

July 1, 2026

OFAC designates two Brazilian nationals, three Brazilian companies and one Portuguese company for alleged links to Primeiro Comando da Capital, which Treasury describes as the largest transnational criminal organisation in the Western Hemisphere and a growing threat inside the United States. The action targets a São Paulo-based node accused of laundering more than $30 million generated in U.S. cities for PCC, while also…

U.S. Treasury and TFTC target Hizballah’s financial network, sanctioning senior officials and institutions for moving funds through shadow accounts, shell companies, and quasi-banking channels

June 30, 2026

The Terrorist Financing Targeting Center jointly designated five entities and 16 individuals linked to Hizballah, including Al-Qard Al-Hassan, Bayt al-Mal and senior financial officials, with Treasury saying the action targets core funding structures used to exploit the international financial system. The designations focus on alleged sanctions evasion, shadow banking activity, use of personal and joint accounts, and formal-sector transfers exceeding $500 million…

OFAC targets procurement and recruitment networks sustaining Sudan’s civil war, sanctioning suppliers and facilitators linked to both SAF and RSF operations

June 26, 2026

OFAC designates eight individuals and entities linked to Sudanese Armed Forces procurement and Rapid Support Forces recruitment networks, including companies and officials tied to explosives imports, military supplies and the recruitment of former Colombian military personnel. Treasury says the networks have helped expand the scale and intensity of the conflict, worsened Sudan’s humanitarian crisis and created conditions that could allow…

U.S. Treasury sanctions Gasabo Gold and related Rwanda-linked mining companies for allegedly smuggling conflict minerals from the DRC, which are reported to help fund the M23 armed group

June 25, 2026

OFAC designates Gasabo Gold Refinery, its chairman Jean Malic Kalima, general manager Bosco Kayobotsi, and three Rwandan mining companies for alleged support to M23 and the illicit trade in natural resources from eastern DRC. Treasury says the network helped move gold from RDF/M23-controlled areas into Rwanda for refining, reinforcing wider U.S. efforts to disrupt conflict minerals financing and support more transparent regional supply chains…

U.S. Treasury targets the Cambodia-based Prince Group network in Southeast Asia for allegedly running large-scale cyber-enabled fraud and money-laundering operations

June 23, 2026

Treasury sanctioned nine individuals and 26 entities linked to Prince Group TCO, including leadership, scam-compound investors and front companies, while FinCEN moved to amend the Huione Group final rule to include H-Pay Service and successor entities. Treasury says the action targets networks behind scam compounds, fraud and money laundering, including infrastructure used to transfer and consolidate scam-derived assets and…

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