Category: Asia-Pacific

Regulatory Watch News

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  Treasury Sanctions High-Ranking Members of Foreign Terrorist Organization Cartel del Noreste

  OFAC

  May 21, 2025

  WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two high-ranking members of the Mexico-based Cartel del Noreste (CDN), formerly known as Los Zetas.  CDN, one of the most violent drug trafficking organizations in Mexico and a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), exerts significant influence over the border region, especially near the Laredo/Nuevo Laredo point of entry. These sanctions underscore our commitment to target CDN and other violent cartels involved in drug trafficking, human trafficking, arms trafficking, and other heinous crimes that are endangering the American people.

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  Unicoin, Top Executives Charged in Offering Fraud That Raised More than $100 Million from Thousands of Investors

  SEC

  May 21, 2025

  The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New York City-based Unicoin, Inc. and three of its top executives—CEO and Board Chairman Alex Konanykhin; Silvina Moschini, former president, former board chairwoman, and current board member; and former Chief Investment Officer Alex Dominguez—for false and misleading statements in an offering of certificates that purportedly conveyed rights to receive crypto assets called Unicoin tokens and an offering of Unicoin, Inc.’s common stock.

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  OFSI General Licence INT/2022/1834876,Russia Designated Persons – Charities and Interim Managers and trustees extended

  OFSI

  May 21, 2025

  On 21 May 2025, the General Licence INT/2022/1834876 was extended until 23:59 on 30th May 2028.

  Any persons intending to use General Licence INT/2022/1834876 should consult the copy of the Licence for full details of the permissions and usage requirements.