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US Treasury designates Russia-linked sanctions-evasion payment network A7 as significant transnational criminal organization
Meduza English·US · RU·about 9 hours ago
The US Treasury sanctioned a financial network linked to Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan criminal group, for orchestrating ATM robberies against US banks. The action targets the group's illicit financing channels, marking a continued US effort to disrupt transnational criminal organizations. The sanctions' immediate impact on the group's operations is uncertain, but it signals heightened US enforcement against Venezuela-linked crime networks.
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