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U.S. Treasury Announces New Sanctions Against Individual Linked to TREN DE ARAGUA


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On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a new sanctions action in the Federal Register.

OFAC added one individual to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List). The person is Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano. He is also known as “El Viejo,” “Giovanny,” and “Giovanny San Vicente.” Mosquera Serrano is connected to Venezuela and Colombia. He was born on February 22, 1988, in San Vicente, Aragua, Venezuela. He is male and a Venezuelan national. He has a Venezuelan national ID number: 20243384.

OFAC states that all of Mosquera Serrano’s property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked. U.S. persons are generally not allowed to have any transactions with him.

This action was taken under several legal authorities. Mosquera Serrano was designated under section 1(a)(ii)(C) of Executive Order 13581, “Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations,” as amended. He is accused of being owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, TREN DE ARAGUA, a transnational criminal organization whose property is already blocked.

He was also designated under section 1(a)(iii)(A) of Executive Order 13224, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism,” as amended. OFAC says he is linked by ownership or control, or is acting for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, TREN DE ARAGUA, whose property and interests in property are blocked under this order too.

This notice was issued on June 24, 2025. Details about the SDN List and OFAC’s sanction programs are available at https://ofac.treasury.gov.

Contacts for further information are provided by OFAC:

  • Associate Director for Global Targeting, 202-622-2420
  • Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance, 202-622-2490

Lisa M. Palluconi, Acting Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, signed the notice.


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