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KAREN NATIONAL ARMY
Aliases
KAREN BORDER GUARD FORCE; KAYIN NATIONAL ARMY; KAYIN BORDER GUARD FORCE
Address
Karen State, Burma
Official reason
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Karen National Army (KNA), a militia group in Burma, as a transnational criminal organization, along with the group’s leader Saw Chit Thu, and his two sons, Saw Htoo Eh Moo and Saw Chit Chit, for their role in facilitating cyber scams that harm U.S. ...
Other Information
https://mm.usembassy.gov/treasury-sanctions-burma-warlord-and-militia-tied-to-cyber-scam-operations/
Date of listing
2025-05-05
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 14014
Regime
OFAC country specific
Target State
Myanmar
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions
Official Information
On February 10, 2021, the President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) (IEEPA), issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14014 of February 10, 2021, “Blocking Property With Respect to the Situation in Burma” (86 FR 9429, February 12, 2021). In E.O. 14014, the President determined that...
Additional Details
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Program URL
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/01/2021-11483/burma-sanctions-regulations