OFAC sanctions actions

Treasury announced yesterday that OFAC had designated four Mexican businesses pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act because of their links to the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) and the Los Cuinis Drug Trafficking Organization (Los Cuinis), two closely allied Mexican drug trafficking organizations. CJNG and Los Cuinis funnel fentanyl and other deadly drugs into the United States, fueling drug addiction. Yesterday’s action was the result of OFAC’s ongoing collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which executed Project Python, a nationwide operation to disrupt CJNG through a series of coordinated arrests, seizures, and indictments.

Treasury also announced OFAC's designation of Anselem Sanyatwe and Owen Ncube for their involvement in human rights abuses, including directing an attack on peaceful demonstrators and political opponents in Zimbabwe. OFAC concurrently removed sanctions on Ray Kaukonde, Shuvai Ben Mahofa, Sithokozile Mathuthu, and Naison Ndlovu, all of whom were previously designated pursuant to Treasury’s Zimbabwe sanctions authorities.

For identification information on all of these OFAC actions, see BankersOnline's OFAC Update..