Tag: religious_charities
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Treasury Sanctions Iraqi Bank and Iranian Offshore Lenders, FinCEN Warns Banks on Charity Abuse
FinCEN's alert under Operation Economic Outcast asks financial institutions to report diversion of khums religious tithes through charity networks, while Treasury blocks an Iraqi bank, Iranian offshore banks, oil intermediaries and exchange houses.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessLaw EnforcementIranUSAFederal GovernmentBankingLegalMiddle EastMilitaryWorldIraqFinancial Markets FinCENOperation Economic Outcastreligious charity networkskhumsU.S. Department of the Treasuryfinancial institutionsFinancial Crimes Enforcement NetworkIran sanctionsInternational Development BankScott BessentOffice of Foreign Assets Controlshadow bankingUS TreasuryIranian regimereligious charitiesterrorism financing