Monday, April 28, 2025

US Adds Sanctions on Suppliers of Houthis

 The US Department of the Treasury published on 28 April 2025 a press release titled "Treasury Targets Vessels Delivering Oil Derivatives to the Houthis."

The Treasury Department sanctioned three vessels and their owners for providing petroleum products to the Houthis in Yemen. The vessels are registered in the Marshall Islands or Mauritius and fly the flags of San Marino or Panama.  

The US Department of the Treasury published on 2 April 2025 a press release titled "Treasury Sanctions Houthi Network Procuring Weapons and Commodities from Russia."

These earlier sanctions targeted a network of Houthi financial facilitators in collaboration with operatives in Russia for procuring tens of millions of dollars' worth of commodities from Russia, including weapons and stolen Ukranian grain.