OFAC sanctions Iraq-based money services business
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on Afaq Dubai, an Iraq-based money services business that has been moving money for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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