U.S. Treasury Updates Sanctions List: August 22, 2025
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced updates to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List).
On July 1, 2025, OFAC updated the SDN List entry for a company in China. The new entry is for “SHANGHAI WINSON IMP AND EXP CO LTD,” also known as “SHANGHAI YUNCHEN IMPORT AND EXPORT CO LTD.” The company’s addresses are listed in Shanghai, China. Its Unified Social Credit Code is 91310115MA1K40X926. Its property and interests in property under U.S. jurisdiction remain blocked.
On the same day, July 1, OFAC announced that the property and interests in property of “GOLD MILES LIMITED” are now unblocked and the company has been removed from the SDN List. GOLD MILES LIMITED had addresses in Hong Kong, China, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The company’s Hong Kong registration number is 1596444. This company was previously linked to John Desmond Hanafin.
On July 3, 2025, three persons and one company from Colombia were also removed from the SDN List. They are:
- Gabriel Puerta Parra (“Doctor Puerta”), with various addresses in Bogota, Colombia. He was also associated with several companies in Colombia. His ID number is 8238830 and his Colombian passport number is P020046.
- INDUSTRIAL MINERA Y PECUARIA S.A., located at Carrera 30 No. 90-82B La Castellana, Bogota, Colombia. Their tax ID number is 830000855-1.
- COMERCIALIZADORA ANDINA BRASILERA S.A. (“CABRASA”), located at Carrera 30 No. 90-82, Bogota, Colombia. Their tax ID number is 830003298-2.
- LA FRONTERA UNION GALVEZ Y CIA S EN C (formerly LA FRONTERA PUERTA GALVEZ LTDA.), located at Carrera 30 No. 90-82, Bogota, Colombia. Their tax ID number is 800050795-2.
On August 18, 2025, OFAC updated SDN List entries for other individuals. They also announced that Claudia Mercedes Vargas Giraldo from Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia, has been removed from the SDN List. Her date of birth is December 4, 1964, and her Colombian ID number is 42885957. She was previously linked to several companies, including CLAMASAN S.A.S., GUISANES S.A.S., C.M.V. CARNES S.A.S., and AGROPECUARIA MAIS SAS.
These changes mean that the property and interests in property of those who have been removed from the SDN List are no longer blocked by OFAC.
For more details, go to the OFAC website at https://ofac.treasury.gov. For questions, contact the OFAC Associate Director for Global Targeting at 202-622-2420 or Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance at 202-622-2490.
Authority: 31 CFR chapter V.
Bradley T. Smith, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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