2025-12-31 | 20251231

Treasury Targets Oil Traders Engaged in Sanctions Evasion for Maduro Regime

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control added four entities and four vessels to the Specially Designated Nationals List for facilitating sanctions evasion for the Maduro regime. The designated parties, including Aries Global Investment Ltd and Corniola Limited, are linked to crude oil and oil products tankers operating under flags such as Hong Kong, Panama, and Guinea. These actions, authorized under Executive Order 13850, prohibit U.S. persons from engaging in transactions with the listed entities and assets.

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