Global Trade Alert
Global Trade Alert

United States of America: Treasury sanctions network linked to Iranian illicit oil and gold smuggling

Announcement

15 Apr 2026

In April 2026, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned more than two dozen entities, individuals, and vessels involved in illicit Iranian oil smuggling and money laundering. The measures target a network controlled by Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani and include entities in several foreign jurisdictions.

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Number of interventions

4

4 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

15 Apr 2026

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Updated: 16 Apr 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments In force

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On 15 April 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on two entities from India and five entities from the Marshall Islands that are said to have been involved in the transportat...

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Updated: 16 Apr 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments In force

Recent update from 16 Apr 2026:

On 15 April 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on one entity from the Netherlands that is said to have been involved in an illicit oil-for-gold network linked to Hizballah ...

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Updated: 16 Apr 2026
Foreign customer limit In force

Recent update from 16 Apr 2026:

On 15 April 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on multiple vessels for their involvement in the transportation of Iranian and Russian oil and petroleum products. These sanc...

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Updated: 16 Apr 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments In force

Recent update from 16 Apr 2026:

On 15 April 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on nine entities from the United Arab Emirates that are said to have been involved in illicit Iranian petroleum transportatio...

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