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SANCTIONS
Sanctions
OFAC Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Company and Employee
By Editors | 11/12/2024
OFAC said the employee was responsible for deploying malware to 81,000 firewalls owned by thousands of businesses worldwide in April 2020.
Sanctions
Canada Sanctions Chinese, Russian Officials for Human Rights Abuses
By Editors | 11/12/2024
The sanctions were announced to mark International Human Rights Day. China said the sanctions violate international law.
Sanctions
UK, US Issue Sanctions for Illicit Gold Trading, Human Rights Abuses
By Editors | 10/12/2024
The dozens of sanctions targets include a British-Kenyan businessman who ran a global gold smuggling and money laundering network in Zimbabwe.
Sanctions
DBS Expands Team Handling Russian Wealth Assets – Report
By Editors | 07/12/2024
DBS said every client is treated on his or her own merits and that the bank does not deal with sanctioned individuals.
Sanctions
China Lifts Remaining Restrictions on Australian Red Meat Imports
By Editors | 06/12/2024
Over the last two years, China has been lifting restrictions on Australian export commodities that started in 2020 amid rising tensions between the two countries.
Sanctions
China Sanctions 13 US Military Firms & Six Executives
By Editors | 06/12/2024
The sanctions, imposed under China’s Anti–Foreign Sanctions Law, are a response to a recent announcement of US arms sales to Taiwan.
AML / KYC
US, UK Target Major Russian Sanctions Evasion Network
By Editors | 05/12/2024
OFAC sanctioned five individuals and five entities associated with the network. The NCA said 84 arrests have been made and $25mn has been seized.
Sanctions
China Responds to US Export Controls With Retaliatory Measures
By Editors | 04/12/2024
Exports of gallium, germanium, antimony and superhard materials to the US are banned. Graphite exports will be subject to stricter controls.
Enforcement
OFAC Fines German Firm for Conspiracy to Violate Iran Sanctions
By Editors | 04/12/2024
OFAC said Aiotec GmbH conspired over four years to cause a US company to buy and ship an entire polypropylene plant from Australia to Iran.
Sanctions
US Sanctions 14 Entities, 21 ‘Shadow Fleet’ Vessels Used by Iran
By Editors | 04/12/2024
The vessels targeted mostly have Panama or Cook Islands flags. The entities targeted are based in China, India, Hong Kong, and six other countries.
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