US Sanctions Summary – December 2024

US Treasury OFAC Sanctions Targets December 2024

12/2: Uzbekistan – Uzbekistan ex-Govt officials re human rights abuse

12/3: Iran – 35 entities & vessels backing Iran’s Shadow Fleet from: Marshall Islands, Guyana, Cook Islands, Sao Tome & Principe, San Marino, Liberia, Belize, Honduras, Iran, Panama, UAE, China, HK, India, Seychelles, Pakistan, Caymans, Ukraine

12/4: Russia – With UK, UAE, DEA, FINACEN targeting 5 + 4 entities backing TGR Group re money laundering using digital assets for sanctions evasion from: UAE, UK, Ukraine, Russia, EU Latvia, USA

12/9: Zimbabwe – Kamlesh Pattni’s gold smuggling network in: UAE (11), Kyrgyszstan (4), Zimbabwe (2), BVI, Kenya, Singapore, UK (1)

12/9: Yemen (Houthis), Syria – Serious human rights abuses

12/9: China – Sichuan Silence, Guan Tianfeng: Cybersecurity firewall & ransomware attacks

12/16: North Korea – Financial & military support to North Korea and Russia and Russia oil shipments to North Korea

12/17: North Korea – Digital assets money laundering network via UAE

12/17: Narcotics – Global narcotics traffickers in: EU Lithuania & Poland, Switzerland, Colombia, Australia, NZ

12/18: Iran – Sensitive Navigational Systems procurement via Switzerland

12/18: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Russia – Enablers of Republika Srpska President Dodik; Russia Construction

12/19: Yemen, Houthis – Finance & procurement via: China, Somalia, Malaysia

12/19: Iran – Entities & vessels backing Iranian Shadow Fleet via: Marshall Islands, Djibouti, San Marino, Panama, HK; US State Dept targets entities & vessels in Seychelles, Suriname, HK, Cameroon, Panama, Barbados

12/19: Georgia – Ministry of Internal Affairs officials re media crackdown

12/31: Russia – Judge Olesya Mendeleeva for arbitrary detention of Alexei Gorinov

12/31: Iran, Russia – Entities involved in US 2024 Election Interference