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The law would allow Republika Srpska, part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to ignore the country’s Constitutional Court. The United States has sanctioned four Bosnian Serb officials for passing a law it calls a “brazen attempt to undermine state institutions”. The law, signed into effect on July 7, allows the Republika Srpska . . .
The US has placed more than 120 companies from Russia, as well as several from Kyrgyzstan, on its sanctions blacklist over alleged contributions to Russia’s war on Ukraine. Russian banks, energy industry companies, shipping firms, defence businesses and private military groups are among those listed on new State Department and Treasury Department lists. The measures […]
MEXICO CITY, July 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 10 Mexican nationals and one company in the country for their alleged involvement in the Sinaloa Cartel’s vast illicit fentanyl trafficking network.
Topline Just days after a short-lived rebellion by Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner mercenary group, the United States Treasury announced sanctions targeting four companies that have “engaged in illicit gold dealings to fund the Wagner Group to sustain and expand its armed forces,” along with one person the department says has “acted or […]
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Burma’s Ministry of Defense and two regime-controlled financial institutions that facilitate much of the foreign currency exchange within Burma and enable transactions between the military regime and foreign markets, including for the purchase and import of arms and related materiel. […]
In brief: What do you do when US sanctions prevent the purchase of high-performance Nvidia AI GPUs? In China, universities and businesses are turning to underground dealers to secure these chips, and paying a premium to get their hands on them. In September last year, the US further tightened sanctions against China by instructing Nvidia […]
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — For Cypriots, it was a collective “here we go again” moment. In April, the U.S. and the U.K. included a handful of Cypriot nationals and Cyprus-registered companies on a list of “enablers” helping Russian oligarchs skirt sanctions. It was an unwelcome reminder of the lingering perception that the island nation somehow […]
WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions on Tuesday on more than a dozen people and entities in China, Hong Kong and Iran, including Iran’s defense attache in Beijing, over accusations they helped procure parts and technology for key actors in Iran’s ballistic missile development. Earlier on Tuesday, the official IRNA news […]
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a network of seven individuals and six entities in Iran, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and Hong Kong in connection with Iran’s ballistic missile program. This network has conducted financial transactions and facilitated procurement of sensitive and critical […]
Hong Kong CNN — The United State sanctioned more than a dozen Chinese and Mexican companies on Tuesday, accusing them of shipping or selling equipment that make counterfeit pills, as it cracks down on imports of . . .