Mission
The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) marshals the department's intelligence and enforcement functions with the twin aims of safeguarding the financial system against illicit use and combating rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other national security threats.
Latest News from TFI
Treasury Targets Venezuelan Government Officials Supporting the FARC – On September 12, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated two senior Venezuelan government officials, Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios and Henry de Jesus Rangel Silva, and one former official, Ramon Rodriguez Chacin, for materially assisting the narcotics trafficking activities of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a narco-terrorist organization.
Major Iranian Shipping Company Designated for Proliferation Activity – On September 10, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), and 18 other affiliated entities, for providing logistical services to Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL).
Treasury Targets Rising Colombian Narcotics Traffickers - On August 28, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated two Colombian individuals, Jesus Maria Alejandro Sanchez Jimenez and Rafael Angel Sanchez Rua, as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTs) pursuant to Executive Order 12978. OFAC also designated as SDNTs two other individuals and four entities located in Colombia. Sanchez Jimenez and Sanchez Rua are among those who have inherited the drug trafficking organization once led by SDNT principal Carlos Mario Jimenez Naranjo (alias "Macaco"), who is now in U.S. custody.
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September 12, 2008
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