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Business, Russia, TOP news, USACentral African Republic, Wagner Group, Yevgeniy Prigozhin

The US bans two entities linked to Wagner Group activity in Africa

The United States added one Russia-based entity and one Central African Republic (CAR)-based entity to the sanction list for their involvement in the Wagner Group's malign activities in Africa. Sanctions…

Business, News, Russia, TOP news, USAEduard Yurievich Khudainatov, Millemarin Investments Ltd, Suleiman Kerimov, the Amadea yacht

The US District Court has denied the submission by a Russian superyacht owner

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has denied the submission of Eduard Yurievich Khudainatov and Millemarin Investments Ltd. Claimants argued that the seizure of…

News, Politics, TOP news, USAHouthi, Qods force

The US imposes sanctions on two ship owners facilitating Qods force and Houthi

The United States has imposed sanctions on two Hong Kong- and Marshall Islands-based ship owners and two vessels for their role in shipping commodities on behalf of Sa’id al-Jamal, an…

Business, News, TOP news, USAIntellexa, Predator spyware

The USA hits a Spyware Consortium

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned two individuals and five entities associated with Intellexa, a spyware development company, that produced commercial software to…

News, USALos Pochos DTO, OFAC

The US bans Guatemala’s Los Pochos Drug Trafficking Organization

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned the Los Pochos Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO), and designated three members and four affiliated companies based…

Business, News, TOP news, USAAndrey Kostin, Feliks Medvedev, Viktor Perevalov

The US hits Russian oligarchs

The U.S. Department of Justice has published a statement about enforcing sweeping sanctions, new charges, arrests and forfeiture proceedings. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said, ”We are announcing several additional…

Business, News, TOP news, USAJose Adolfo Macias Villamar, Los Choneros

The OFAC sanctioned “Fito” and his gang

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Ecuador’s drug trafficker Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar (“Fito”) and his gang Los Choneros. In 2011, the…

Business, News, TOP news, USAHong Kong, Iran, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

The US hits transnational procurement network supporting Iran

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on Hong Kong-based companies that had helped to Iran’s ballistic missile and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle…

Business, TOP news, USAIlya Kahn, Joint Stock Company Research and Development Center ELVEES, the United States Department of Justice

Businessman arrested for scheme to illegally export semiconductors to Russia

Ilya Kahn, 66, a citizen of the United States, Israel and Russia was arrested in Los Angeles for his alleged involvement in a years-long scheme to secure and unlawfully export…

Business, Russia, USAHennesea, Hennesea Holdings Limited, Price Cap

“Price Cap” violator was found in The United Arab Emirates

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has taken its first oil price cap enforcement action of 2024, targeting a shipping company linked to a…