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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).
Since 1990, the use of sanctions by the United States has significantly increased, and since 1998, the US has established economic sanctions on more than 20 countries. [ 89 ] According to Daniel T. Griswold , sanctions failed to change the behavior of sanctioned countries but they have barred American companies from economic opportunities and ...
The United States has imposed economic sanctions on multiple countries, such as France, United Kingdom and Japan since the 1800s. Some of the most famous economic sanctions in the history of the United States of America include the Boston Tea Party against the British Parliament, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act against its trading partners and the 2002 steel tariff against China. [1]
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is a financial intelligence and enforcement agency of the United States Treasury Department.It administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions in support of U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives. [2]
The sanctions target Intellexa Consortium, which the U.S. says has sold and distributed commercial spyware and surveillance tools for targeted and mass surveillance campaigns. Other entities ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on entities in Iran and Russia, accusing them of attempting to interfere in the 2024 U.S. election. The U.S. Treasury ...
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]
The United States is using financial sanctions to isolate Iran and disrupt its ability to fund its proxy groups and support Russia's war in Ukraine, the Treasury Department said. The United Arab ...