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Vessel, owner sanctioned by US over role in illicit shipments of Iranian commodities to China

( March 15, 2024, 21:09 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned Marshall Islands-registered shipping company Vishnu Inc., whose vessel, the Lady Sofia, is involved in illicit shipments to China in support of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force and Houthi financial facilitator Sa’id al-Jamal. The Lady Sofia engaged in a ship-to-ship transfer with the recently sanctioned vessel Mehle on Jan. 31, 2024, which had deceptively obscured its transfer of commodities through “spoofing,” Treasury said. Disguised as a fictitious vessel called the “Amor,” and incorrectly broadcasting its location as the South China Sea, the Mehle offloaded its illicit cargo to the Lady Sofia near Singapore. The Lady Sofia is currently traveling to China.Statement follows below:...

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