In April 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) significantly escalated its sanctions campaign against Iran by moving to not only designate maritime vessels and facilitators tied to their illicit oil trade, but by also directly targeting the commercial infrastructure sustaining that trade as part of a greater movement coined […]
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The current state of U.S. – Iran relations continue to be defined by a simultaneous series of escalations and follow-up negotiations. The primary issues at hand revolve around a dynamic sanctions campaign targeting Iran’s economic lifelines, continued maritime tension in and around the Strait of Hormuz impacting global trade, and ongoing though fragile, diplomatic efforts […]
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The United States government has stayed busy in its efforts to streamline domestic anti-money laundering and terrorism financing initiatives over recent months, with a newly announced proposal from a prominent regulatory body adding further to this trend. The latest announcement made by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) comes in regard to […]
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