Types of US sanctions The US imposes comprehensive sanctions, targeting another country, or targeted sanctions, which designate specific individuals and entities. These fall into two types: Trade sanctionsconsist of import and export embargoes, applied to an entire country or specific sections of that...
identifying which sanctions regimes apply to a transaction (which includes considering the country of loading, transit, transhipment and discharge); investigating whether the particular trade, voyage or operation is subject to any prohibitions or restrictions reviewing whether any of the parties involved,...
technology and equipment to Russia. OFAC has more aggressively targeted third-country sanctions evaders in recent months, with Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo stating on February 23, 2024 that the US government will continue to prioritize combating attempts by Russia...
Syrians celebrated in the streets last night after Donald Trump said he would ease US sanctions on the country and move to normalise relations with its new government. Trump said he wanted to give the country "a chance at peace" and added: "There is...
US Sanctions Iranian Group That Put Bounty on Rushdie's Life More The Associated Press FILE - Author Salman Rushdie appears during the Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson, Miss., on Aug. 18, 2018. The U.S. is imposing financial penalties on an Iranian-based organization that rai...
Closed Bank, Mothballed Planes: Iran Mocks US Sanctions List More The Associated Press Customers speak with a money exchanger at his shop in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. Iran greeted the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions on Monday with air defense drills and a stat...
The White House expanded its list of Venezuelans targeted by US sanctions Wednesday but stopped short of issuing new restrictions meant to hit the oil or other sectors of the embattled country's economy. The US added 13 people to its list of sanctions targets Wednesday, including Simon ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three North Korean hacking groups suspected of perpetrating cyberattacks around the world were placed on a U.S. sanctions list on Friday, drawing attention to the isolated nation’s illegal efforts to fund its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. The Treasury Department said...
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state-owned Belneftekhim's 323,000 b/d Mozyr refinery to the US sanctions list. Mozyr is not explicitly listed in the list of entities targeted by US sanctions today. The other major refinery in Belarus, the state-owned Naftan's 240,000 b/d Novopolotsk, is already under US sanctions...