UK Sanctions Iranian Tycoon for Allegedly Financing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
UK accuses Iranian banker of funding Revolutionary Guard, imposing an asset freeze and travel ban against him.
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U.S. Sanctions Mexico-based Transnational Human Smuggling Ring
The transnational smuggling ring allegedly carried out its operations in collaboration with sanctioned smuggling network...
US Lifts Sanctions Against Pro-Russian Bosnian Serb Leader
The Trump administration lifted U.S. sanctions on Milorad Dodik, the pro-Russian leader of Bosnia’s Republika Srpska, along...
EU Sanctions Prison Medic Exposed by OCCRP, RFE/RL, as Torturing Ukrainian POWs
The identity of Ilya Sorokin, known to prisoners as “Dr. Evil” for his cruelty and denial of medical treatment, was...
UK Sanctions Balkan Syndicates Linked to People Smuggling
The sanctions come as the second package under the UK's new people smuggling sanctions regime.
How the EU Mistakenly Sanctioned a Decoy Company When it Targeted a Business in Belarus
An error in the EU sanctions list allowed a Serbian family’s companies to continue profiting from real estate deals with the...
Alleged Member of ‘Notorious’ Cambodian Scam Network Bought Luxury Dubai Properties
Zhu Zhongbiao was already wanted in China on charges related to money laundering. He’s now been sanctioned by both the U.K....
Ships Accused of Stealing Ukrainian Grain Linked to Assad Regime Front
Three Syrian cargo vessels have been accused of trafficking in grain stolen from Russian-occupied Ukraine. Newly uncovered...
Palau-based Figure Exposed by OCCRP is Among Scores Sanctioned Over Online Scams
Wang Guodan, a longtime Chinese expatriate in Palau, sanctioned as an “organized crime facilitator” years after OCCRP...
U.S. Sanctions on Serbian Oil Giant NIS Take Effect Despite Expected Delay
The move targets Serbia’s largest energy company, majority-owned by Russia’s Gazprom Neft, increasing pressure on Belgrade...