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OFAC Sanctions Senior Hungarian Official for Corruption
By Editors | 10/01/2025
While it is rare for the US to sanction a sitting official in an allied country, OFAC said Antal Rogan has used his position to enrich himself and those loyal to his party

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NATO Allies Start Using AI to Monitor Russian Shadow Fleet
By Manesh Samtani | 09/01/2025
The initiative was launched under the banner of the Joint Expeditionary Force, a UK-led Northern European multi-national military partnership

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OFAC Sanctions Leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces
By Editors | 08/01/2025
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US government has determined that the RSF has “perpetrated genocide” in Sudan

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US Adds Dozens More Chinese Tech Firms to Military Blacklist
By Editors | 08/01/2025
The new additions include Tencent, CATL, COSCO and others, alleging they work with China’s military and support its modernisation efforts.

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US Adds Myanmar and China-based Companies to Entity List
By Editors | 07/01/2025
11 entities were added for supporting China’s military. Telecom provider Mytel was added for enabling surveillance of Myanmar people.

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OFAC Fines Aviation Products Supplier for Russia Shipments
By Editors | 07/01/2025
OFAC attributed the violations to the firm’s failure to rescreen customers after their SDN designation, and inadequate sanctions compliance procedures

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US Eases Some Restrictions on Transactions in Syria
By Editors | 07/01/2025
Transactions with governing institutions in Syria allowed “even if a designated individual has a leadership role in that governing institution”

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OFAC Sanctions Chinese Firm for Supporting Hacker Group
By Editors | 06/01/2025
OFAC said the cybersecurity firm, by supporting a Chinese state-sponsored hacker group, was complicit in activities that threatened US national security

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China Adds 28 US Companies to Export Control List
By Editors | 06/01/2025
Ten of the companies were also added to China’s “unreliable entities” list. MOFCOM is separately considering restricting the export of battery tech.

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Russia-EU Gas Flows via Ukraine Come to a Halt
By Editors | 06/01/2025
The European Commission said most EU states could cope with the change. Gazprom will lose around $5bn in annual gas sales.
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