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OFAC targets Mexican companies for helping Venezuelan President Maduro evade U.S. sanctions
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-06-23T15:32:00
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has blacklisted a network of Mexican individuals and companies said to be helping Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro evade U.S. sanctions.
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