by ACSS | Aug 6, 2022 | Articles
By David Williams, ACSS Editor. Nikos Kartsaklis August 6, 2022 Mexican drug cartels and their gun runners are in the sights of the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) as it continues to take aim at escalating weapons and drug use. Obed...
by ACSS | Jul 30, 2022 | Articles
By Angel Niño Torres and ACSS researchers July 30, 2022 Cryptocurrency has presented several challenges for regulatory entities since Bitcoin’s introduction in 2008. Buyers and sellers online were quick to enjoy cryptocurrency’s relative anonymity and...
by ACSS | Jul 23, 2022 | Articles
By David Williams, ACSS Editor July 23, 2022 While the US reportedly seeks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, the Treasury has tightened its grip on an international network delivering and selling petroleum and petrochemical products from Iranian companies...
by ACSS | Jul 16, 2022 | Articles
By Andrew Northage July 16, 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine put the sanctions landscape firmly in the spotlight as the UK and its allies coordinated and intensified their sanctions measures for maximum impact. As part of this drive, the UK government...
by ACSS | Jul 9, 2022 | Articles
By Tae Young Bae July 9, 2022 Well away from the mainstream media’s attention, the struggle for democracy in Sudan goes largely unnoticed in the West. On June 30, 2022, nine Sudanese protestors died in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, while marching to demand an end to its...
by ACSS | Jul 2, 2022 | Articles
By David Willliams, ACSS Editor July 2, 2022 The Russian Federation’s defense industrial base is the focus of OFAC’s (Office of Foreign Assets Control’s) latest sanctions round. OFAC designated 70 entities, many “critical” to industrial, technology, and manufacturing...
