OFAC SANCTIONS FINANCIAL FACILITATORS AND ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKERS SUPPORTING THE SYRIAN REGIME 

On 26 March, OFAC advised that it had sanctioned 11 individuals and entities supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad through the facilitation of illicit financial transfers and trafficking of illegal drugs, as well as the extraction and export of Syrian commodities.  Syria has become the leading producer and exporter of Captagon, a highly addictive amphetamine-type stimulant trafficked illegally throughout the Middle East and Europe.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2210

https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20240326

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Author: raytodd2017

Chartered Legal Executive and former senior manager with Isle of Man Customs and Excise, where I was (amongst other things) Sanctions Officer (for UN/EU sanctions), Export Licensing Officer and Manager of the Legal-Library & Collectorate Support Section

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