The U.S. Treasury's "hand-to-hand combat": how the new sanctions work



Analysis The U.S. Treasury’s “hand-to-hand combat”: how the new sanctions work The new EO gives authorities an unprecedented set of tools Jonathan R. Corrado September 25, 2017 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON US Treasury by KJGarbutt on 2011-11-20 20:54:20 As the war of words heated up once again between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the White House released a new Executive Order (EO) imposing blistering new sanctions on North Korea. The Executive Order (EO) aims to beef up the Treasury Department’s strike capacity in what it has described as its “hand-to-hand financial combat with North Korea’s illicit networks.” The new set of provisions aim to ratchet up the pressure on North Korea by severing the Kim regime’s financial lifelines, arming the Treasury with an expansive set Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01North Korea reveals new vertical take-off drones amid ‘modern warfare’ push 02How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments 03How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos 04What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities 05Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump. 06All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two 07Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024 08Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way 09How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine 10New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads

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The U.S. Treasury’s “hand-to-hand combat”: how the new sanctions work

The new EO gives authorities an unprecedented set of tools

Jonathan R. Corrado September 25, 2017

The U.S. Treasury’s “hand-to-hand combat”: how the new sanctions work

US Treasury by KJGarbutt on 2011-11-20 20:54:20

As the war of words heated up once again between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the White House released a new Executive Order (EO) imposing blistering new sanctions on North Korea. The Executive Order (EO) aims to beef up the Treasury Department’s strike capacity in what it has described as its “hand-to-hand financial combat with North Korea’s illicit networks.”

The new set of provisions aim to ratchet up the pressure on North Korea by severing the Kim regime’s financial lifelines, arming the Treasury with an expansive set

01North Korea reveals new vertical take-off drones amid ‘modern warfare’ push
02How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments
03How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos
04What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities
05Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump.
06All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two
07Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024
08Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way
09How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine
10New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads

The U.S. Treasury’s “hand-to-hand combat”: how the new sanctions work

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