Treasury cracks down on Iranian religious charities sanction loophole
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(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hong Jeong-gyu = On the 15th (local time), the U.S. Treasury Department monitors and blocks money lines being sent to the Iranian regime disguised as religious donations...
Treasury cracks down on Iranian religious charities sanction loophole
EXCLUSIVE — The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is increasing its efforts to crack down on a suspected sanctions loophole in Iran, in which authorities use religious charity networks to finance the government’s activities. FinCEN sent out an alert to financial institutions demanding they report potential Iranian government abuses of these religious charitable networks, which have long been suspected of being use…
A US Treasury alert draws attention to the possible use of religious donations to circumvent sanctions against Tehran. The precedents in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany show different situations, between proven financial violations, asset disputes and intervention by the supervisory authorities. At the centre, the delicate relationship between religious freedom, international influence of [...] The Iran article, the religious n…
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