On 28 March, OFAC announced that it had taken action in coordination with counterparts in the UK to designate key individuals supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the production or export of Captagon, a dangerous amphetamine. The trade in Captagon is estimated to have become a billion-dollar illicit enterprise. Those designated include the so-called “King of Captogon”, Hassan Muhammad Daqqou, a Lebanese-Syrian dual national.
https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20230328
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1369
UK ALSO ADDS 11 INDIVIDUALS TO ITS SYRIAN SANCTIONS LISTS
On 28 March, HM Treasury issued a Notice listing 11 Lebanese and Syrian nationals that were being added to the Syria sanctions lists.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tackling-the-illicit-drug-trade-fuelling-assads-war-machine
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KoIvM842y
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