Category Archives: U.S. Treasury

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Cuban company Corporacion Panamericana S.A. pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13850 for being owned or controlled by, or having acted for or on behalf of, Cubametales, an entity designated on July 3, 2019, for operating in the oil sector […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Justin Muzinich has concluded a five-day trip to the Middle East, which included leading the US delegation to the November 22-23 Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, as well as bilateral meetings with counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Oman and Qatar. The meetings focused on continuing to strengthen cooperation in […]

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi is a key player in the regime’s censorship and surveillance campaign, which intensified in the wake of anti-regime protests WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action today against Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, Iran’s Minister of Information and Communications Technology, pursuant to Executive […]

November 21, 2019 8:00AM New York, NY   Good morning. Thank you Greg for the introduction, and for putting together this event. It’s great to be here, and I’m looking forward to discussing some of Treasury’s priorities.  I would like to break my remarks today into three parts, all of which are relevant to financial […]

Global Coalition to Counter ISIS Holds Twelfth Finance Working Group Meeting in Luxembourg Luxembourg– On November 19 and 20, the Counter ISIS Finance Group (CIFG) convened its 56 member states and observers to discuss the ongoing global efforts to counter ISIS financing.  This was the twelfth meeting of this group co-chaired by the United States, […]