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October 2, 2018: OFAC adds Yakuza, removes Kingpins
Yesterday, OFAC added the following persons: MITSUYASU, Katsuaki (Japanese: 光安克明), 3-6-26 Shinohara Nakamachi, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Japanese: 灘区篠原中町三丁目６番２６号, 神戸市, 兵庫県, Japan); 5-22-36...
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OFAC adds 5 individual listings to Kingpin Act sanctions
Today, OFAC added the following 5 listings: ALVAREZ ESCOBAR, Jonathan (a.k.a. “Primo”), Colombia; DOB 10 Sep 1986; POB Tulua, Valle, Colombia; Gender Male; Cedula No. 1017136706 (Colombia)...
View ArticleDecember 7, 2018: Guilty plea in money laundering & sanctions case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: DEA Public Affairs (202) 307-7977 Press Release Lebanese businessman tied by Treasury Department to Hezbollah pleads guilty to money laundering conspiracy in furtherance...
View ArticleFebruary 20, 2019: OFAC sanctions Indian Kingpin and his companies
Yesterday, OFAC added the following persons: HAKIMZADA, Harmohan Singh (a.k.a. SING, Har Mohan), Flat 17, 2nd FL Atlas Tower, Jamal Abdud Nasir Rd., Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; DOB 23 Jun 1953;...
View ArticleOFAC adds to Kingpin list
Earlier today, OFAC added the following person: CHAMS, Kassem (a.k.a. CHAMS, Qassim Muhammed; a.k.a. SHAMS, Kassem Mohammed; a.k.a. SHAMS, Qasim Muhammed), Hermel, Lebanon; Chams Building, 3rd Floor...
View ArticleMay 17, 2019: OFAC adds to counter narcotics, global human rights sanctions
Last Friday (see, I’m slowly catching up!), OFAC added the following persons: AVELAR GUTIERREZ, Isidro, Islas Aleutianas 2307, Guadalajara, Jalisco 44540, Mexico; Santa Esther 845, Colonia Santa...
View ArticleMay 23, 2019: OFAC adds yet more to its counter narcotics sanctions
Yesterday, OFAC added the following persons: BRUNETTI, Luciano (a.k.a. “BIFF TANNEN”; a.k.a. “LUCHO”), Buenos Aires, Argentina; DOB 30 Aug 1988; POB Argentina; nationality Argentina; Gender Male;...
View ArticleAugust 1, 2019: OFAC cleans up the Kingpins
Last Thursday, OFAC removed the following: PEREZ ALZATE, Guillermo (a.k.a. “PABLO SEVILLANO”), Diagonal 50 No. 49-14 of. 601, Medellin, Colombia; Calle 26A No. 70-35, Medellin, Colombia; Calle 30 No....
View ArticleHezbollah-linked businessman’s sanctions evasion-related money laundering...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 9, 2019 Contact: DEA Public Affairs (202) 307-7977 Press Release Lebanese businessman tied by Treasury Department to Hezbollah is sentenced to prison for money...
View ArticleOFAC Enforcement Action: Atradius Trade Credit Insurance, Inc.
This one’s pretty cut and dried… a $343,315 fine for accepting the business of collecting the $5,730,680.33 debt from a company on the SDN List, and for actually successfully collecting $4,043,174.25...
View ArticleAugust 20, 2019: OFAC designates a trough of Kingpins
Yesterday, OFAC added the following people: CASTRO CORDERO, Natanael, Dominican Republic; DOB 08 Nov 1982; POB Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; nationality Dominican Republic; Gender Male; Cedula No....
View ArticleAnd yet more Kingpins.. hot off the presses
In the last hour, OFAC designated the following persons: YAN, Xiaobing (Chinese Traditional: 顏曉兵; Chinese Simplified: 颜晓兵) (a.k.a. “YAN, Steven”; a.k.a. “ZHOU, William”), Wuhan, Hubei, China (Chinese...
View ArticleIn conjunction with the recent OFAC designation…
Of a Chinese network supplying opioids to the US, FinCEN issued an advisory yesterday entitled “Advisory to Financial Institutions on Illicit Financial Schemes and Methods Related to the Trafficking of...
View ArticleOFAC Enforcement Action takes bite out of Apple
Apple paid $466,912 for non-egregious, self-reported violations of the Kingpin Act, as opposed to the base penalty amount of $576,434 and the maximum civil monetary penalty of $74,331,860. Turns out...
View ArticleDecember 19, 2019: One leaves Cuba sanctions, plus a bunch of narcotics...
On Thursday, OFAC added the following persons: CRUZ OVALLE, Juan Carlos (a.k.a. “EL HIELERO”), 5 Calle, 1-35, Zona 1, Tecun Uman, Ayutla, San Marcos, Guatemala; DOB 11 Sep 1975; alt. DOB 06 Nov 1975;...
View ArticleFebruary 19, 2020: Inversiones Continental Kingpin Act listing updated
Yesterday, OFAC updated the following counter narcotics trafficking designation: INVERSIONES CONTINENTAL, S.A. DE C.V. (a.k.a. GRUPO FINANCIERO CONTINENTAL; a.k.a. “GRUPO FINANCIERO”), Entre la 9 y 10...
View ArticleMarch 11, 2020: Changes to Kingpin, Zimbabwe lists
On Wednesday, OFAC added the following persons to the Zimbabwe sanctions program: NCUBE, Owen, Zimbabwe; DOB 17 Apr 1968; Gender Male (individual) [ZIMBABWE]. SANYATWE, Anselem Nhamo, Zimbabwe;...
View ArticleState Department press release on March 11 Kingpin Act designations
Sanctions Against Businesses Linked to Mexican Cartels PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 12, 2020 Share The United States is committed to preventing and combating narcotics...
View ArticleSo, now we consider the Venezuelan President a drug trafficker…
Department of State Offers Rewards for Information to Bring Venezuelan Drug Traffickers to Justice PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 26, 2020 Share Today the U. S. Department...
View ArticleAnd DEA makes it official
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: DEA Public Affairs (202) 307-7977 Nicolás Maduro Moros and 14 current and former Venezuelan officials charged with narco-terrorism, corruption,...
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