New U.S. Sanctions Target Syrian Captagon Traffickers
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
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The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a money exchanger and a group of firms across six countries involved in commodity shipments and business transactions that benefit Iran's military and the Houthi militant group in Yemen and the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets…
The United States imposed sanctions on 11 individuals and entities supporting Syria's Bashar Al-Assad regime through the facilitation of illicit financial transfers and trafficking of illegal drugs, as well as the extraction and export of Syrian commodities.
These sanctions aim to disrupt financial support for Iran-backed groups and cripple Syria's war economy, particularly the Captagon trade.
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on a group of firms and one individual across six countries involved in commodity shipments and business transactions that benefit Iran’s military and the Houthi militant group in Yemen and Hezbollah militia in Lebanon