Mariners along with the energy and metal sectors were alerted by the State Department, Treasury Department, and the U.S. Coast Guard to watch for "deceptive shipping practices" intended for Iran, North Korea and Syria to evade sanctions. Keep Reading
Mnuchin noted that "certain people" who took assistance in the original round of funding -- aka bigger businesses -- "may have not been clear in understanding the certification, so we will give people the benefit of the doubt." Keep Reading
North Korea targets cyber-enabled infrastructure globally to generate revenue for its regime priorities, including its weapons of mass destruction programs. Keep Reading
Tian and Li received from DPRK-controlled accounts approximately $91 million stolen in an April 2018 hack of a cryptocurrency exchange (referred to hereinafter as “the exchange”), as well as an additional $9.5 million from a hack of another exchange. Keep Reading
Additionally, Treasury is acting against an Afghanistan-based organization, Nejaat Social Welfare Organization, for using false charitable pretenses as a cover. Keep Reading
Department planning for "standardization and centralization supportive of IT shared services that provide secure, efficient, and cost-effective business innovation." Keep Reading
Lazarus Group targets institutions such as government, military, financial, manufacturing, publishing, media, entertainment, and international shipping. Keep Reading
Senior IRGC-QF official and former Iranian Minister of Petroleum Rostam Qasemi oversees this sprawling network, which features dozens of ship managers, vessels, and facilitators. Keep Reading
The existing process for vessel travel remains the same: a U.S. vessel requires a permit from the U.S. Coast Guard to enter Cuban territorial waters. Keep Reading
Levick, as general manager of ICM Components, Inc., in Thornleigh, Australia, solicited purchase orders and business for aircraft parts from a representative of a trading company in Iran. Keep Reading
Sessions said that CJNG is considered to be one of the five most dangerous transnational criminal organizations on the face of the Earth. Keep Reading
Commerce secretary announces "a strong initial program to address threats to our national security from strategically motivated foreign investment." Keep Reading
Iran’s Central Bank was complicit in the IRGC-QF’s scheme and actively supported this network’s currency conversion and enabled its access to funds that it held in its foreign bank accounts. Keep Reading
"Interstate strategic competition, not terrorism, is now the primary concern in U.S. national security." Keep Reading
