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OFAC publishes lists of individuals and companies owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, targeted countries. It also lists individuals, groups, and entities, such as terrorists and narcotics traffickers designated under programs that are not country-specific.
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OFAC sanctions top Cartel del Noreste members for fentanyl trafficking, human smuggling, ML, and violence under Executive Orders targeting international drug trafficking and terrorism
The designated individuals include the cartel’s second-in-command, a former police officer, a tactical operations leader, and a narco-rapper, each playing a key role in the organization’s criminal and financial activities. These sanctions, coordinated with U.S. law enforcement, target the cartel’s revenue streams and operational capabilities, aiming to undermine its influence along the U.S.-Mexico border…
OFAC has sanctioned PARECO-FF and associated companies for illegal mining and armed violence in the DRC, aiming to cut off funding for armed groups
The sanctions specifically target PARECO-FF, a successor to the destabilizing PARECO armed group, along with companies in the DRC and China involved in trading conflict-linked minerals from Rubaya, a key mining area. These measures are designed to disrupt illicit revenue streams that finance armed activity and promote greater stability and transparency in the region’s mineral supply chains.
OFAC sanctions 18 Iranian entities, including RUNC Exchange Co. and Cyrus Offshore Bank, for evading U.S. sanctions and enabling the regime’s illicit financial operations
The sanctions target Iran’s Cross-Border Interbank Messaging System (CIMS) and the covert Cyrus Offshore Bank, both of which facilitate illicit cross-border financial transactions in violation of U.S. sanctions. Additionally, the measures designate FANAP, an Iranian IT company, and its executive Shahab Javanmardi for developing surveillance technologies used by the Iranian regime to monitor and suppress domestic dissent…
OFAC sanctions 5 companies and an executive in Iran, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China for supplying advanced equipment to Iran’s drone-maker HESA used by the IRGC
Applies to five entities and one individual across Iran, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China for facilitating technology transfers to HESA—an Iranian state-owned defence manufacturer supplying UAVs to the IRGC in violation of Executive Order 13382. The move blocks all U.S. property and transactions involving these actors, imposes strict liability sanctions for violations, and reinforces global efforts to curtail Iran’s UAV procurement networks and asymmetric weapons development…
OFAC sanctions Brazilian Minister Alexandre de Moraes for undermining democracy and suppressing dissent through abusive actions
Brazilian Minister Alexandre de Moraes has been sanctioned by OFAC for directing actions that suppress dissent, including freezing assets, revoking passports, banning social media accounts, and ordering federal police to arrest critics.
OFAC designates Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles as a global terrorist group for drug trafficking and aiding foreign terror groups – targeting state‑backed corruption and narcotrafficking
OFAC designates the Venezuelan Cartel de los Soles as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist due to its involvement in large-scale narcotics trafficking and its provision of material support to foreign terrorist organisations, including Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel. These actions undermine regional security and contribute to transnational organised crime, prompting the sanctions to disrupt the cartel’s financial networks and restrict its operational capabilities…
U.S Treasury sanctions leaders of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua including kingpin “Niño Guerrero” for involvement in drug trafficking, extortion, and links to terrorism
Sanctions target the leadership of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang, including top figure Héctor Guerrero Flores (“Niño Guerrero”) and five senior members. Sanctions target their involvement in transnational crimes such as drug trafficking, human smuggling, extortion, and money laundering…
OFAC sanctions 3 key ISIS facilitators in DR of Congo, Somalia, and South Africa for terror financing via extortion, kidnappings, and bombings, cutting them off from the global financial system
Three ISIS facilitators designated in Africa—Zayd Gangat in South Africa, Hamidah Nabagala in the DRC, and Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf in Somalia—for their roles in financing and enabling bombings, kidnappings, extortion, recruitment, and logistical support. These designations seek to disrupt ISIS’s financial networks across Central and East Africa by blocking assets and restricting international financial access…
OFAC sanctions 22 entities across Hong Kong, the UAE, and Turkey for facilitating Iranian oil sales that fund the IRGC-Quds Force’s terrorism and weapons programs
Sanctions target 22 front companies and entities in Hong Kong, the UAE, and Türkiye that facilitated the sale of Iranian oil to benefit the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps‑Quds Force (IRGC‑QF). The action blocks assets and prohibits U.S. transactions to disrupt the shadow banking network aiding Iran’s terror and weapons programs…
OFAC sanctions North Korean cyber operatives for using disguised foreign agents to steal tech jobs, launder crypto, and fund Pyongyang’s WMD and missile programs
Sanctions target Song Kum Hyok, a DPRK-based cyber actor linked to North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau hacking group Andariel, for orchestrating a global IT worker scheme that recruited North Korean nationals in China and Russia using falsified U.S. identities to gain employment and funnel proceeds toward the regime’s WMD and missile development programs…
OFAC sanctions Russia-based Azea Group, a global bulletproof hosting network that enabled cybercriminals to launch ransomware attacks, steal sensitive data, and evade detection
The designated individuals Penzev, Bozoyan, Gast, and Knyazev held leadership roles in the group’s operations, which have targeted U.S. and international systems. As a result, all their U.S. assets are frozen, and U.S. persons are barred from engaging in transactions with them. The move underscores OFAc’s strategy of using targeted sanctions to disrupt…
OFAC sanctions global networks that smuggled billions in Iranian oil, some funding the IRGC-QF by blending it with Iraqi crude, forging documents, bribing officials, and using covert maritime routes
Action targets a network involved in illicitly transporting Iranian oil disguised as Iraqi crude, which was used to generate revenue for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF). These measures aim to disrupt the IRGC-QF’s financing channels and reinforce U.S. commitments to countering sanctions evasion and malign Iranian activities…