OFAC Sanctions: US Treasury Designations — July 2026
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July 2026
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US Treasury or OFAC sanctions designation or sanctions evasion enforcement action against individual entity or country
CatchAll reviewed 141 web pages using a recall-first pipeline. Events were clustered with the Leiden algorithm, validated with LLM-generated validators, and deduplicated.
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<div style="overflow-x:auto;width:100%"><table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:240px">Event</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Sanctioned Entity</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Location</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Reason</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Sanctioned Entity Type</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Sanctioning Authority</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Action Type</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Penalty Amount</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Penalty Currency</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Action Date</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Sanctions Program</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Source</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td style="min-width:240px">US Treasury sanctions Russian citizens and company for terrorism links</td><td style="min-width:140px">Vadim Druzhbin</td><td style="min-width:140px">Russia</td><td style="min-width:140px">combating terrorism and alleged connection with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran</td><td style="min-width:140px">individual</td><td style="min-width:140px">US Treasury</td><td style="min-width:140px">sanctions_designation</td><td style="min-width:140px">2,500,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-15</td><td style="min-width:140px">terrorism-related sanctions</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/07/15/2444630.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/07/15/2444630.html</a></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="min-width:240px">US Sanctions Rwandan Entities Over DRC Conflict Minerals</td><td style="min-width:140px">Jean Malic Kalima</td><td style="min-width:140px">Rwanda</td><td style="min-width:140px">financing the M23 rebellion in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through the illicit trade in conflict minerals</td><td style="min-width:140px">individual</td><td style="min-width:140px">US Department of the Treasury</td><td style="min-width:140px">sanctions_designation</td><td style="min-width:140px">2,500,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-06-25</td><td style="min-width:140px">Global Magnitsky</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://rocketnews.com/2026/07/how-conflict-minerals-fuel-war-in-eastern-dr-congo-amid-us-sanctions" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://rocketnews.com/2026/07/how-conflict-minerals-fuel-war-in-eastern-dr-congo-amid-us-sanctions</a></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style="min-width:240px">US Treasury sanctions Hayat Yolu for Hamas ties</td><td style="min-width:140px">Hayat Yolu</td><td style="min-width:140px">Turkey</td><td style="min-width:140px">Providing significant material support to Hamas and being part of its international fundraising infrastructure, generating revenue for the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing, and serving as an operational headquarters and financial hub for the Muslim Brotherhood.</td><td style="min-width:140px">organization</td><td style="min-width:140px">U.S. Treasury Department</td><td style="min-width:140px">sanctions_designation</td><td style="min-width:140px">0</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-03-12</td><td style="min-width:140px">Hamas-related sanctions</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.953mnc.com/2026/07/28/indiana-university-closes-muslim-philanthropy-initiative-following-investigation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.953mnc.com/2026/07/28/indiana-university-closes-muslim-philanthropy-initiative-following-investigation</a></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td style="min-width:240px">Binance's Settlement with US Authorities over Sanctions Evasion</td><td style="min-width:140px">Binance</td><td style="min-width:140px">Iran</td><td style="min-width:140px">money laundering and sanctions evasion</td><td style="min-width:140px">organization</td><td style="min-width:140px">US Department of the Treasury</td><td style="min-width:140px">settlement</td><td style="min-width:140px">4,300,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2023-11-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">Iran sanctions</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://unchainedcrypto.com/binance-routes-foreign-law-enforcement-requests-through-the-uae-frustrating-investigators-nyt-reports" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://unchainedcrypto.com/binance-routes-foreign-law-enforcement-requests-through-the-uae-frustrating-investigators-nyt-reports</a></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td style="min-width:240px">US sanctions Mexican cartel CJNG and its business network</td><td style="min-width:140px">Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG)</td><td style="min-width:140px">Mexico</td><td style="min-width:140px">drug trafficking, money laundering, and criminal enterprises</td><td style="min-width:140px">organization</td><td style="min-width:140px">OFAC</td><td style="min-width:140px">sanctions_designation</td><td style="min-width:140px">0</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-24</td><td style="min-width:140px">Mexican cartel sanctions</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/borderlands-mexico-us-widens-mexican-cartel-crackdown-to-tequila-makers-baby-shoe-company" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.freightwaves.com/news/borderlands-mexico-us-widens-mexican-cartel-crackdown-to-tequila-makers-baby-shoe-company</a></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td style="min-width:240px">BAT settles North Korea sanctions breach with US authorities</td><td style="min-width:140px">British American Tobacco PLC</td><td style="min-width:140px">North Korea</td><td style="min-width:140px">breach of sanctions against North Korea</td><td style="min-width:140px">organization</td><td style="min-width:140px">OFAC</td><td style="min-width:140px">civil_penalty</td><td style="min-width:140px">635,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2023-01-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">sanctions against North Korea</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.morningstar.com/news/alliance-news/1783940653895075300/press-bat-sued-by-investors-over-north-korea-operations-the-times" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.morningstar.com/news/alliance-news/1783940653895075300/press-bat-sued-by-investors-over-north-korea-operations-the-times</a></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td style="min-width:240px">Gold trader Reza Zarrab sentenced in Iran sanctions evasion case</td><td style="min-width:140px">Reza Zarrab</td><td style="min-width:140px">Iran</td><td style="min-width:140px">conspiring with a Turkish bank to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions by trading its oil for gold</td><td style="min-width:140px">individual</td><td style="min-width:140px">U.S. Department of Justice</td><td style="min-width:140px">sanctions_evasion_enforcement</td><td style="min-width:140px">376,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-14</td><td style="min-width:140px">Iran sanctions</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://ca.news.yahoo.com/gold-trader-gets-time-served-155657577.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://ca.news.yahoo.com/gold-trader-gets-time-served-155657577.html</a></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td style="min-width:240px">OFAC Sanctions Rwanda Defense Force</td><td style="min-width:140px">Rwanda Defense Force</td><td style="min-width:140px">Rwanda</td><td style="min-width:140px">supporting, training, and fighting with the March 23 Movement (M23), a US- and UN-sanctioned armed group, in the eastern DRC.</td><td style="min-width:140px">organization</td><td style="min-width:140px">OFAC</td><td style="min-width:140px">sanctions_designation</td><td style="min-width:140px">0</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-03-02</td><td style="min-width:140px">Democratic Republic of the Congo Sanctions Regulations</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com/ofac-issues-general-license-authorizing-agricultural-and-medical-transactions-and-activities-related-to-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-the-republic-of-rwanda" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com/ofac-issues-general-license-authorizing-agricultural-and-medical-transactions-and-activities-related-to-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-the-republic-of-rwanda</a></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td style="min-width:240px">US Sanctions Iran Oil Network and Crypto Wallets</td><td style="min-width:140px">Hossein Shamkhani</td><td style="min-width:140px">Iran</td><td style="min-width:140px">facilitating oil and arms deals and illicit revenue schemes for the Iranian regime</td><td style="min-width:140px">individual</td><td style="min-width:140px">OFAC</td><td style="min-width:140px">sanctions_designation</td><td style="min-width:140px">130,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-15</td><td style="min-width:140px">Iran sanctions</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/us-sanctions-iran-oil-network-022720059.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/us-sanctions-iran-oil-network-022720059.html</a></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td style="min-width:240px">Oahu man pleads guilty to Iran sanctions evasion</td><td style="min-width:140px">Arash Einolghozati</td><td style="min-width:140px">Iran</td><td style="min-width:140px">illegally transferring funds to Iran in violation of US sanctions and evading sanctions using cryptocurrency</td><td style="min-width:140px">individual</td><td style="min-width:140px">OFAC</td><td style="min-width:140px">sanctions_evasion_enforcement</td><td style="min-width:140px">1,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-13</td><td style="min-width:140px">Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://mauinow.com/2026/07/15/o%CA%BBahu-man-pleads-guilty-to-illegal-money-transfer-to-iran" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://mauinow.com/2026/07/15/o%CA%BBahu-man-pleads-guilty-to-illegal-money-transfer-to-iran</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>11</td><td style="min-width:240px">Trump Orders Trade Halt with Spain Over NATO Dispute</td><td style="min-width:140px">Spain</td><td style="min-width:140px">Spain</td><td style="min-width:140px">refusal to meet NATO defense obligations and lack of assistance during the Iran War</td><td style="min-width:140px">country</td><td style="min-width:140px">US Treasury</td><td style="min-width:140px">sanctions_designation</td><td style="min-width:140px">0</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-09</td><td style="min-width:140px">NATO dispute</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/trump-hails-spain-s-generous-financial-pledge-after-tense-nato-standoff/ar-AA27xIOi" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/trump-hails-spain-s-generous-financial-pledge-after-tense-nato-standoff/ar-AA27xIOi</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>12</td><td style="min-width:240px">US Treasury sanctions Turkish Hamas financiers</td><td style="min-width:140px">El-Kahira for General Trading</td><td style="min-width:140px">Turkey</td><td style="min-width:140px">financing Hamas and laundering funds for organized-crime networks</td><td style="min-width:140px">organization</td><td style="min-width:140px">OFAC</td><td style="min-width:140px">sanctions_designation</td><td style="min-width:140px">0</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-23</td><td style="min-width:140px">Hamas sanctions</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2026/07/27/us-treasury-sanctions-turkish-hamas-financiers-as-erdogan-presses-for-f-35s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2026/07/27/us-treasury-sanctions-turkish-hamas-financiers-as-erdogan-presses-for-f-35s</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div>