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16 June 2023 Security News

Counter ISIS Finance Group Leaders Issue Joint Statement US Treasury 16 Jun 2023 -- On June 7, the United States, Italy, and Saudi Arabia held the 18th meeting of the Counter ISIS Finance Group (CIFG), a working group of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. The event was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with over 40 member states and observers attending in person and virtually.

Treasury Sanctions Mexico-based Transnational Human Smuggling Organization US Treasury 16 Jun 2023 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on the Hernandez Salas transnational criminal organization (TCO), a human smuggling organization based in Mexicali, Mexico, as well as several members and entities in its support network. The practice of human smuggling and the facilitation of fraudulent documentation undermines the U.S. asylum system, damaging public confidence in the vetting process and jeopardizing access to protection for vulnerable persons fleeing conflict, famine, and persecution.