Last Updated: January 19, 2026
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
Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 590; Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011 Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations
Regime
OFAC-horizontal
Target State
Criminal organizations
Measures
Blocking Property
Official Information
On January 12, 2012, OFAC issued the Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 590 (77 FR 1864, January 12, 2012) (the “Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13581 of July 24, 2011, “Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations” (76 FR 44757, July 27, 2011), pursuant to authorities delegated t...
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