U.S. blockade of Cuba causes electricity system to collapse due to lack of stable fuel supply
On Sunday, Oct. 20, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel pointed directly at the blockade policy of the United States government as the fundamental cause of the national collapse of the National Electric Power System (SEN) over the past few days. It is not complicated and it is not rhetoric that Cuba’s lack of a stable supply of fuel is because of the threats of fines that the US government through its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has levied on banks, shipping companies and any other enterprise attempting to trade with Cuba.
Treasury Disrupts Sham Overseas Charity Networks Funding Hamas and the PFLP
The Gaza-based charity Al Weam Charitable Society (Al Weam) is clandestinely controlled by Hamas and fully integrated into Hamas’s military wing. This secrecy has allowed Al Weam to raise funds and implement projects by international donors, many of whom are unwitting of the organization’s ties to Hamas. Al Weam has also employed Hamas members throughout the organization, including its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Muhammad Sami Muhammad Abu Marei (Abu Marei), who is a Hamas military operative and facilitated fundraising on behalf of Hamas using Al Weam.
Filistin Vakfi is a Türkiye-based charity that campaigned and raised funds with the clear intention of funding Hamas terrorist activities following the deadly October 7, 2023 attack. The President of Filistin Vakfi, Zeki Abdullah Ibrahim Ararawi (Ararawi), oversaw these fundraising campaigns that were in support of the Hamas military wing.
El Baraka Association for Charitable and Humanitarian Work (El Baraka), based in Algeria, diverted funds intended for humanitarian causes to fund Hamas. As President of El Baraka, Ahmed Brahimi (Brahimi) worked to ensure that funds raised by the charity, including some by unwitting donors who thought they were helping Palestinian civilians, were instead diverted to Hamas.
The Netherlands-based Israa Charitable Foundation Netherlands (Israa Foundation) is a member of U.S.-designated umbrella organization the Union of Good, which reports directly to the Hamas military wing and is composed of additional U.S.-designated organizations that generate revenue for Hamas under the guise of legitimate charitable work. Amin Ghazi Abu Rashed (Amin Ghazi), representative of the Israa Foundation, is a top Hamas operative in Europe responsible for raising millions of U.S. dollars in funds for Hamas by using sham charities as a cover. Israa Foundationrepresentative and Hamas operative Israa Abou Rashed (Abou Rashed) led campaigns on behalf of the Israa Foundation to raise and divert funds to Hamas. Treasury designated the Union of Good, an organization created by Hamas leadership to transfer funds to the terrorist organization, on November 12, 2008.
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Addameer), based in the West Bank, purports to represent the interests of Palestinian prisoners. However, like the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network (Samidoun) that OFAC designated on October 15, 2024 along with one of its leaders, Khaled Barakat (Barakat), Addameer has long supported and is affiliated with the PFLP. Additionally, in the spring of 2022, Barakat coordinated with the PFLP to send funds to Addameer and to arrange meetings between Addameer and Samidoun.
The Italy-based Associazione Benefica La Cupola d’Oro (La Cupola d’Oro), was established by U.S. sanctioned individual Mohammad Hannoun (Hannoun), who publicly promoted the charity and used it to continue evading sanctions and raising revenue for the Hamas military wing through donors, many of whom were unwitting of the links to Hamas. On October 7, 2024, Treasury designated Hannoun for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, Hamas. La Cupola d’Oro, like Charity Association of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, also designated by OFAC on October 7, 2024, is a sham charity established to support Hamas.
WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning five individuals and five sham c
The U.S. Treasury's OFAC designated Zedcex and Zedxion for processing cryptocurrency transactions linked to IRGC operations, a first for digital asset sanctions.
US Sanctions (Part II of II)
https://www.stalawfirm.com/en/blogs/view/us-sanctions-part-ii-of-ii.html
STA has been one of the few Middle East law firms that have been advising clients on compliance with OFAC regime, the direct and indirect applicability of various OFAC sanctions besides other bodies such as United Nations, to name a few. In this article, we provide further insight on clarifications issued by OFAC on 8 June 2016 (Guidance) about the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ms. Zisha Rizvi will discuss the ambit and obliteration of sanctions against Iran.
A few decades ago, the ‘quote’ money is power had immense value. However, today, one could opine that influence is power. Dominant countries have the capability to affect the global economic market and the domestic markets of foreign countries. The ability of a country to conduct its commercial affairs gets drastically hindered when it is isolated from the global markets.
I really can’t get enough of the Molly Shah Bluesky OFAC discourse.
She is posting shady shit encouraging people to likely commit financial crimes, open themselves up to massive legal liability, and quite possibly fund terrorism. And she claims she can’t do it herself bc of unspecified “boundaries”.
US Treasury Adds Nobitex and Three Other Iranian Exchanges to OFAC SDN List Under 'Economic Fury'
➤ The US Treasury's OFAC has sanctioned four Iranian crypto exchanges, including Nobitex, for facilitating illicit financial activities and sanctions evasion by Iran's central bank and the IRGC.
➤ These exchanges are accused of moving hundreds of millions of dollars in stablecoins to defend the rial and evade Western sanctions, with Nobitex handling over 50% of Iranian digital asset inflows.
➤ This action marks the first time OFAC has directly listed Iranian crypto exchanges on the SDN list, expanding the 'Economic Fury' campaign into the digital asset space and imposing compliance perimeters.
