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More often, the outcome of economic sanctions is the entrenchment in power of state elites in the sanctioned country. [98] In a study of US sanctions from 1981 to 2000, political scientist Dursan Peksen found sanctions have been counterproductive, failing to improve human rights and instead leading to a further decrease in sanctioned countries ...
OFAC creates separate entries in the SDN list for each alias of a designee, so the number of entries does not reflect the number of designees. [3] On September 21, 2021, a cryptocurrency exchange was included in the sanctions list for first time for helping launder illicit funds having source from ransomware attacks. The amounts laundered are ...
Azza Air Transport, former Cargo airline, in the SDN List. The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, also known as the SDN List, is a United States government sanctions/embargo measure targeting U.S.-designated terrorists, officials and beneficiaries of certain authoritarian regimes, and international criminals (e.g. drug traffickers).
The Department of State, along with the United States Department of the Treasury, also has the authority to designate individuals and entities as subject to counter-terrorism sanctions according to Executive Order 13224. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) maintains a separate list of such individuals and entities. [1] [2]
Countries and territories on the list have imposed or joined sanctions against Russia. [35] Western countries and others began imposing limited sanctions on Russia when it recognised the independence of self-declared Donbas republics. With the commencement of attacks on 24 February, a large number of other countries began applying sanctions ...
February 25, 2024 at 1:17 PM. ... In January 2018, OFAC sanctioned Perevalov, Abramov and put them on a list of “specially designated nationals and blocked persons,” Justice said.
In May 2024, the U.S. sanctioned 20 companies in China and Hong Kong for supplying Russia's military. [54] In October 2024, the U.S. sanctioned two companies, Xiamen Limbach Aircraft Engine Co. and Redlepus Vector Industry, involving the production of long-range attack drones for Russia, including the Garpiya. [55]
The United States imposed sanctions on more than 30 people and vessels for their role in selling and transporting Iranian petroleum-related products. US imposes new sanctions on Iran's shadow ...