The US Treasury Department has announced sanctions against the Cartel of the Suns, a Venezuelan criminal organization allegedly headed by President Nicolas Maduro. The measure is issued under Executive Order 13224, as amended, for providing financial, material or technological support to the Sinaloa Cartel, one of Mexico's most powerful drug trafficking organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With this action, all assets and interests of the designated person that are in U.S. territory or in the possession of U.S. citizens or entities are blocked and must be reported to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). In addition, any entity directly or indirectly controlled 50 % or more by sanctioned persons will also be blocked.OFAC regulations prohibit any transactions by U.S. citizens or companies, or within U.S. territory, involving goods or services related to blocked persons, except with prior authorization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Any violation of these sanctions could result in civil or criminal penalties for both U.S. and foreign persons. Financial institutions that engage in transactions with designated persons may also face secondary sanctions, including severe restrictions on operating in the U.S. financial system, including a prohibition on making contributions or providing goods or services to or receiving goods or services from sanctioned persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The power of OFAC's sanctions lies not only in its ability to designate individuals or entities on the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, but also in its willingness to remove those who demonstrate positive behavioral change. The ultimate goal of these sanctions is not to punish, but to promote a transformation in the actions of the actors involved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
El Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos ha anunciado sanciones contra el Cartel de los Soles, una organizaci\u00f3n criminal venezolana presuntamente encabezada por el presidente Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. La medida se emite bajo la Orden Ejecutiva 13224, enmendada, por haber brindado apoyo financiero, material o tecnol\u00f3gico al Cartel de Sinaloa, una de las organizaciones de narcotr\u00e1fico […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[374,158,373,350],"class_list":["post-2722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-america-latina","category-ee-uu","tag-dea","tag-estados-unidos","tag-nicolas-maduro","tag-venezuela"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n