OFAC Updates SDN List With Houthi Finance Network Members

The Office of Foreign Assets Control designated three individuals, nine entities and one vessel on Feb. 23 as part of its counterterrorism efforts. Abdo Abdullah Dael Amed of Yemen, Chiranjeev Kumar Singh of India, and Konstantinos Stavridis of Greece were added to the Specially Designated Nationals list, along with entities in Turkey, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates. The Department of the Treasury said in a press release said that the targets were key components in a "complex international network of intermediaries" helping to finance Houthi rebels in Yemen.