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    OFAC Sanctions Iranians Over Cyber Attacks on US Water Plants

    By Editors | 03/02/2024

    No critical services were disrupted in the attacks, but OFAC said the US is “deeply concerned” about attacks that target critical infrastructures.

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    Binance Faces Lawsuit from Hamas Victims for Facilitating Terrorism

    By Editors | 02/02/2024

    The lawsuit, which alleges that Binance enabled Hamas to finance the 7 October attacks, also names Iran and Syria as defendants.

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    Australia, UK Join US in Imposing New Myanmar Sanctions

    By Editors | 02/02/2024

    The sanctions come three years after the military coup in Myanmar. Australia and the UK targeted a combined nine entities.

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    US Sanctions Four Israelis for Violence on Palestinians

    By Manesh Samtani | 01/02/2024

    These are the first sanctions targeting Israeli citizens. FinCEN also issued an alert to help FIs identify activity that finances violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.

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    US Marks 3rd Anniversary of Myanmar Coup With Sanctions

    By Editors | 01/02/2024

    A holding company and shipping company were targeted for supporting the military regime’s activities against civilians and its arms production.

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    OFAC Sanctions Egypt, Turkey Nationals for Supporting ISIS

    By Editors | 31/01/2024

    Two Egyptian nationals created an online platform that provided instructions on donating funds to ISIS-affiliated entities.

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    EU Announces Human Rights Sanctions Against Russians

    By Editors | 31/01/2024

    Russia’s internet censorship agency and its chairperson were sanctioned, along with two judges and a prosecutor.

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    Australia Commences Review of Autonomous Sanctions Regime

    By Editors | 30/01/2024

    The review will examine how the autonomous sanctions framework could better support the government’s foreign policy objectives.

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    US, UK Target Iranian Assassinations Network With Sanctions

    By Editors | 30/01/2024

    The sanctioned individuals carried out “numerous acts of transnational repression including assassinations and kidnappings across multiple jurisdictions”.

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    US Sanctions Iraqi Bank for Enabling Iran-backed Terrorist Activity

    By Editors | 29/01/2024

    US Treasury cut off Al-Huda Bank from the US financial system and sanctioned its owner for serving as a conduit for terrorist financing.

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