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    OFAC Sanctions Hezbollah Finance Network and Drug Traffickers

    By Editors | 17/10/2024

    Three individuals linked to Hezbollah’s finance team were sanctioned, along with three others involved in captagon production and trafficking.

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    11 Countries Establish Team to Monitor DPRK Sanctions Enforcement

    By Manesh Samtani | 17/10/2024

    The new Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team will take up the work of a UN expert panel that was dissolved by a Russian veto earlier this year.

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    Western Banks Processed Payments for Russian Warlord – Reports

    By Editors | 30/09/2024

    C4ADS says Yevgeny Prigozhin was able to establish a transnational criminal empire in Africa in part by hijacking the payments systems of western banks.

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    US Sanctions Iranian Cyber Actors for Election Interference

    By Editors | 30/09/2024

    OFAC sanctioned seven individuals while the DOJ unsealed criminal charges accusing three others of hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

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    UK OFSI Fines Concierge Services Firm for Sanctions Breaches

    By Editors | 30/09/2024

    The firm was fined GBP 15,000 for providing property management services to a designated person subject to an asset freeze between 2022 and 2023.

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    G7 Nations Publish Guidance on Preventing Russian Sanctions Evasion

    By Editors | 30/09/2024

    The guidance is aimed at preventing Russia from evading sanctions and export controls and obtaining the components it needs for its weapons systems.

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    US Imposes Cyber Sanctions on Russian Crypto Network

    By Manesh Samtani | 30/09/2024

    Two Russians were also indicted in a coordinated action that additionally involved the seizure of web domains and infrastructure.

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    UK Sanctions Entities, Vessels Involved in Russian LNG Sector

    By Editors | 29/09/2024

    The sanctions target five vessels and two ship management companies, including one based in India called Ocean Speedstar Solutions.

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    OFAC Issues Sanctions Over Iran Oil Shipments to Syria, East Asia

    By Editors | 28/09/2024

    The sanctions targets include a China-based vessel operator called Star Ocean Shipmanage and a total nine vessels.

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    Reports Emerge of Secret Russian Drone Project in China

    By Editors | 27/09/2024

    Reports have emerged that a Russian company has set up a factory in China to develop and test new attack drones.

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