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Entry 01330 Sept 2026officialverified
Tren de Aragua Financial Network Designated; Belarus, Counter Narcotics, and Libya Removals
OFAC added nine individuals and two Mexican entities tied to Tren de Aragua to the SDN List and removed six entries across the Belarus, counter-narcotics, and Libya programs, including a Samoa-flagged cargo vessel and a Minsk-linked individual.
Entry 01217 Sept 2026OFAC · State · 2 sourcesverified
OFAC designates an Iranian digital-asset network and Cuba mining-and-defense firms, while removing Belarus paint and timber names
OFAC added an Iran-linked digital-asset cluster and Cuba state-owned mining-and-defense names to the SDN List on 17 September 2026, while removing two Lakokraska and three KONTSERN BELLESBUMPROM Belarus entries.
Entry 0114 Sept 2026Iran General License CC · 2 sourcesverified
OFAC designates Golden Global trio in Türkiye; Iran General License CC issued
OFAC added three Istanbul-based Golden Global financial entities to the SDN List under Iran's EO 13902 and issued Iran General License CC authorizing wind-down of transactions involving persons blocked on 4 September 2026.
Entry 01021 Aug 2026OFAC Recent Actions — · 3 sourcesverified
ICC and Venezuela designations; ICC General License 12
OFAC designated two individuals under ICC-EO14203 and one British Virgin Islands entity under VENEZUELA-EO13850, and issued ICC General License 12 authorizing the wind-down of transactions involving certain persons blocked on August 18, 2026.
Entry 00918 Aug 2026OFAC · 2 sourcesverified
Iran E.O. 13902 maritime designations — 29 July 2026
OFAC added eight E.O. 13902-tagged tankers and two Iran-based marine-insurance actors — HormuzSafe Marine Services Authority and Persian Gulf Marine Insurance Company — to the SDN List on 29 July 2026.
Entry 00818 Aug 2026OFAC · 3 sourcesverified
Cuba FAQ 1264: the E.O. 14404 humanitarian posture for non-U.S. persons
OFAC's FAQ 1264 states the U.S. government does not intend to target non-U.S. persons under E.O. 14404 for providing food, medicine, or medical devices to Cuba, including humanitarian transactions involving a designated person or a 50-percent-owned entity.
Entry 00718 Aug 2026OFAC · 3 sourcesverified
FAQ 1239: the Foreign Government Deposit Funds inbox
FAQ 1239 requires depositors to first email DepositorInquiries@state.gov with the requested transaction details before obtaining payment account information for the Foreign Government Deposit Funds deposit account.
Entry 00618 Aug 2026OFAC · 4 sourcesverified
Venezuela-related General License 5Y
General License 5Y is not yet in effect. The authorization becomes effective 17 September 2026 unless OFAC issues a further delay.
Entry 00517 Aug 2026CISA · OFAC · 6 sourcesverified
Ray is on CISA’s KEV catalog. The clock is 20 August.
CISA added one known-exploited vulnerability today: Ray-Project Ray, code injection, due 20 August. OFAC named no new action.
Entry 00417 Aug 2026OFAC · State · 5 sourcesverified
Venezuela — the license clock that still has not opened
The PdVSA 2020 8.5 percent bond authorization is delayed again, to 17 September 2026. Travel stays Level 3. Official sources only.
Entry 00314 Aug 2026OFAC · State · 4 sourcesverified
Cuba — what official US actions changed in the last 90 days
OFAC added Tecnotex, Tecnoimport, UIM, EMI Yuri Gagarin, and Duna SA under E.O. 14404 on 6 August. Travel stays Level 2. Official sources only.
Entry 00214 Aug 2026OFAC · 2 sourcesverified
Ownership-opacity flags from the current OFAC window
Two official actions in the same week describe how diversion and opacity show up on paper.
Entry 00113 Aug 2026OFAC · CISA KEV · 4 sourcesverified
What official US actions just put on the lookback list
Three OFAC actions in one week, plus a cluster of CISA known-exploited vulnerabilities on internet-facing gear.