OFAC adds 73 sanctions targets, issues Cuba licenses
The Treasury Department added 73 individuals and entities under terrorism, narcotics and Cuba sanctions programs while authorizing limited Cuba-related transactions, including a one-month wind-down period for CEIBA Investments.
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2026 — The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control expanded sanctions targeting terrorism, illicit drugs and Cuba, adding 45 individuals and 28 entities to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.
Most of the additions — 55 individuals and businesses — carry both counterterrorism and illicit-drug sanctions tags. The entries are predominantly based in Mexico, and many are linked in OFAC’s data to Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion or other designated parties.
Seven additional targets were designated solely under the counterterrorism program. They include individuals and organizations in Turkey, Gaza, Indonesia and the United Kingdom linked in the SDN data to Hamas, El-Kahira for General Trading or the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. One entry includes seven TRON digital-currency addresses.
The Cuba action added two individuals and nine entities under Executive Order 14404. The entities span investment, petroleum research, medical services, maritime transport, fuel distribution, finance and cargo handling. CEIBA Investments Limited, a Guernsey-based financial entity, was among those designated.
OFAC issued two temporary licenses covering CEIBA. General License 2 authorizes transactions ordinarily necessary to wind down dealings involving CEIBA or entities it owns by at least 50% through 12:01 a.m. EDT Aug. 22. General License 3 authorizes specified divestment, trade settlement and derivative wind-down transactions through the same deadline, subject to its restrictions.
A third license authorizes transactions ordinarily necessary for the official business of third-country diplomatic and consular missions in Cuba. It also covers certain account and funds-transfer activity for mission personnel and their households, but does not generally unblock property or authorize transfers to blocked persons beyond specified official expenses.
The new SDN entries include aliases, government identifiers, business registration data and cryptocurrency addresses, making the update relevant to sanctions-screening and list-maintenance systems.
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