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US Unveils Sweeping Sanctions Targeting Russia Over Ukraine War

The United States announced a raft of sanctions Wednesday aimed at constraining Moscow's war in Ukraine while raising the stakes for foreign banks that still deal with Russia, ahead of G7 leaders' talks this week.

International Business Times

Suspected Mexican cartel leader facing drug charges in Chicago sees Treasury Department freeze his assets

Authorities say Oscar Manuel Gastelum Iribe, as head of the Beltran Leyva Organization, conspired to import tons of heroin and cocaine.

Chicago Sun-Times

The US sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking

The Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on 13 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel and four Mexico-based firms accused of trafficking fentanyl into the United States

The Independent UK

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Federal court rules in favor of Biden ESG retirement rule

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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Cryptocurrency Tax Law Delay Raises Concerns

Treasury Department's delay in implementing law to catch tax evaders may cost billions in potential revenue.

Zenger

US agencies buy vast quantities of personal information on the open market – a legal scholar explains why and what it means for privacy in the age of AI

Numerous government agencies, including the FBI, Department of Defense, National Security Agency, Treasury Department, Defense Intelligence Agency, Navy and Coast Guard, have purchased vast amounts of U.S. citizens’ personal information from commercial data brokers. The revelation was published in a partially declassified, internal Office of the Director of National Intelligence…

The Conversation

The Covid con: How billions in coronavirus relief was stolen or wasted

Criminals and gangs grabbed the money. But so did a US soldier in Georgia, the pastors of a defunct church in Texas, a former state lawmaker in Missouri and a roofing contractor in Montana

The Independent UK

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The Great Grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted

An Associated Press analysis found that fraudsters potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding; another $123 billion was wasted or misspent

The Independent UK

US issues new Russia-related sanctions -Treasury website

The United States issued new Russia-related sanctions on Monday, the Treasury Department's website showed.

Reuters

Family of ex-Bosnian Serb leader sues US to escape sanctions list

Family members of former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic, who was convicted of war crimes for his role in the 1990s Balkan conflict, sued the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday over their continued inclusion on a U.S. sanctions list.

Reuters

US imposes new sanctions on Russian oligarch, Hungary bank

The Treasury Department has announced new sanctions aimed at Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov

The Independent UK

Many electric vehicles to lose big tax credit with new rules

Fewer new electric vehicles will qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit under rules proposed by the Treasury Department

The Independent UK

Fears one of world's richest people secretly died as $7billion tax deposited in one day

The US Treasury Department said the tax payer would be in the top 100 of the world’s wealthiest people, above the likes of British billionaire James Ratcliffe, who is attempting to buy Manchester United

Daily Mirror

US, UK Sanction 6 Syria-Linked Amphetamine Traffickers

The US and UK on Tuesday slapped sanctions on four Syrians and two Lebanese involved in manufacturing and trafficking the amphetamine drug Captagon, the two governments said. The six include cousins of Syrian President Bashar Assad and notorious Lebanese drug lynchpins. Experts say Captagon is primarily produced in Syria and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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U.S. sanctions Syrian leader Assad's cousins, others over drug trade -Treasury

The United States on Tuesday imposed new sanctions against six people including two cousins of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for their role in the production or export of Captagon, a dangerous amphetamine, a Treasury Department statement said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Targets Network Supporting Iran’s Drone, Weapons Programs

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on four entities and three people in Iran and Türkiye, accusing them of involvement in the procurement of equipment, including European-origin engines of drones, in support of Iran's drone and weapons programs. The US Treasury Department said in a statement the procurement network…

Tribune News Service

US studies ways to insure all bank deposits if crisis grows

U.S. officials are studying ways they might temporarily expand Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. coverage to all deposits, a move sought by a coalition of banks arguing that it’s needed to head off a potential financial crisis.

Tribune News Service

US Treasury to give House Republicans a look at financial reports on Biden's family and associates

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department is set to allow House Republicans to inspect reports on foreign banking and other business transactions by relatives of President Joe Biden, including his son Hunter Biden and his associates.

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US Targets ‘Shadow Banking’ Network Helping Iran Evade Sanctions

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on 39 entities, including many based in Hong Kong, that Washington said facilitate Iran's access to the global financial system, describing them as a "shadow banking" network that moves billions of dollars. The US Treasury Department in a statement said those targeted had…

Tribune News Service

Debt limit action needed by mid-August, analysts warn. Here are 5 possible scenarios

WASHINGTON — Economists at Moody’s Analytics estimate that the Treasury Department will run out of borrowing room by mid-August if Congress doesn’t act to raise or suspend the statutory debt limit by then.

Tribune News Service

Debt limit action needed by mid-August, analysts warn

Economists at Moody’s Analytics estimate that the Treasury Department will run out of borrowing room by mid-August if Congress doesn’t act to raise or suspend the statutory debt limit by then.

Roll Call

Debt limit action needed by mid-August, analysts warn - Roll Call

Economists at Moody’s Analytics estimate that the Treasury Department will run out of borrowing room by mid-August if Congress doesn’t act.

Roll Call

Treasury puts price on outbound technology investment scrutiny - Roll Call

The Treasury Department said it’s costing $10 million this year to set up monitoring of U.S. outbound investment in sensitive technology.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Treasury Imposes New Sanctions on Iranian Companies

The United States imposed new sanctions Thursday on Iran-linked shipping and petrochemical companies, including two shipping firms based in China. The sanctions also target 20 shipping vessels linked to firms in China, Vietnam, and the United Arab Emirates, the Treasury Department's website showed. The sanctions were issued under a 2018…

Reuters

New U.S. sanctions target Iranian shipping, petrochemicals

The United States imposed new sanctions on Thursday on Iranian or Iran-linked shipping and petrochecmical companies, including two shipping firms based in China, the Treasury Department's website showed.

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