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AFP on MSN3h
US sanctions Venezuelan gang allegedly linked to Maduro
The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced restrictions on the so-called "Cartel of the Suns," classing ...
Homeland Security Today20h
Treasury Sanctions Houthi-Linked Petroleum Smuggling and Sanctions Evasion Network
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated two individuals and five ...
US sanctions North Korean firm, nationals behind IT worker schemes
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned three North Korean nationals and ...
The Hacker News15h
U.S. Sanctions Firm Behind N. Korean IT Scheme; Arizona Woman Jailed for Running Laptop Farm
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a North Korean front company and ...
Guyana Chronicle2d
US ‘concerned’ about possibility of OFAC-sanctioned Mohamed becoming parliamentarian
The Ambassador elaborated that U.S. law strictly limits engagement with individuals under OFAC sanctions, making Mohamed’s ...
Serbia seeks extension of US sanctions waiver for oil firm NIS, minister says
Serbia has sought an extension from the United States on a sanctions waiver for Russian-owned Serbian oil company NIS for an ...
JD Supra2d
Interactive Brokers Settles with OFAC for $11.8 Million for Violations of Multiple Sanctions Programs
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced on July 15, 2025, that Interactive Brokers LLC ...
JD Supra2d
Beyond the Fine: What Financial Gatekeepers Must Learn from Interactive Brokers’ OFAC Settlement
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has significantly increased its focus on sanctions compliance ...
'European citizens under US sanctions are being erased economically and socially within the EU'
OP-ED. In an op-ed for Le Monde, lawyer Christoph De Preter, who specializes in European law, warns of a disturbing trend: ...
Devdiscourse10d
Interactive Brokers Faces $11.8 Million Penalty Over Sanctions Violations
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced an $11.8 million settlement with Interactive Brokers for ...
CoinDesk17d
OFAC’s Dropped Sanctions Against Tornado Cash Can’t Come Up at Trial, Judge Says
Barring what she described as a “unicorn” piece of evidence that would force the discussion of the now-illegal sanctions, District Judge Katherine Polk Failla said no to sanctions talk at trial.