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US Treasury Department says 39 entities granted Iran access to the international financial system. The United States has imposed sanctions on 39 entities, including many based in the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, that Washington said facilitate Iran’s access to the global financial system, describing them as a “shadow …

By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned eight Mexican companies and three members of the violent Mexican cartel, Cartel de Jaslisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), for targeting Americans and others in a timeshare fraud scam in and near Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. Scam …

Barcelona will not receive sporting sanctions after it was alleged that they paid the former vice-president of Spain’s Technical Committee of Referees (CTA), over €1.4 million between 2016 to 2018. That’s according to La Liga president Javier Tebas, who says that on “a sporting level”, it is not possible to …

Federal Judge John Middlebrooks sanctioned Trump and his lawyers nearly $1 million for abusing the legal system with a frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton. CNBC reported: A federal judge on Thursday imposed nearly $1 million in sanctions on former President Donald Trump and his lawyer for filing a “frivolous” lawsuit …

By Emily Patterson, Zachary Gates Banning Melbourne Victory from selling tickets for home matches is among a host of punishments Football Australia has dealt the club following the shocking pitch invasion last Saturday night. But the governing body revealed in a statement on Friday afternoon that the investigation remained ongoing, …

The United States has announced another round of sanctions against Iranian government officials, following the Iranian regime’s recent executions of prosecutors. The US Department of the Treasury said in a statement on Wednesday, December 21, that it was targeting organisations and government figures involved in the government’s crackdown on protesters. …

The US Treasury Department accused Emmerson Mnangagwa Jr of ties to sanctioned businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei. The United States has announced sanctions against Emmerson Mnangagwa Jr, the son of Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, ahead of a summit of African leaders in Washington, DC. The penalties against Mnangagwa Jr were laid out …

KALUGA, Russia— Valery Volodin, a welder at a sprawling Volkswagen plant in western Russia, relaxed for most of the summer at his dacha, or weekend house, planting his garden and looking after his children. Mr. Volodin, 41, had little choice: The car factory closed down in March, joining more than …

US has accused three Iranian security officials of complicity in human rights violations in largely Kurdish regions. The United States has announced sanctions against three Iranian security officials amid efforts by the government to clamp down on protesters in largely Kurdish regions of the country. In a news release on …

Latest measures target officials and arms dealers as the military uses brutal force to respond to widespread armed resistance to its rule. The United States and European Union have announced new sanctions against Myanmar’s military regime aimed at officials, companies and arms dealers, as campaigners urge quicker implementation of the …