Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has alerted financial institutions to Iran’s attempts to evade sanctions. The Treasury Department said Iran was using exchange houses and trading companies to acquire revenues through illegal business transactions. Officials said the fronts were established in several countries, with money transfers reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has determined that the children of ousted Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi were appointing agents to transfer money and weapons. The Treasury Department has identified an agent for at least one surviving son of Gadhafi. The department said Humayd Abdul Salam, designated for U.S. sanctions, was providing support […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has imposed sanctions on senior Kurdish insurgency operatives. The Treasury Department has designated three Kurds based in Europe as drug traffickers for the Kurdish Workers Party. The Kurds, identified as Zeyneddin Geleri, Cerkez Akbulut and Omer Boztepe, were the first PKK operatives designated by Washington as drug […]