Mr. Sanctions

Category: Narcotics Trafficking

  • Yesterday’s OFAC update… now with designation updates

    The prompt is a work in progress, but I’m getting there…

    Counter Narcotics Designations; Venezuela-related Designations; Non-Proliferation Designation Updates

    Treasury Press Release:

    Treasury Targets Illegitimate Maduro Regime Insiders and Sanctions Evaders in Venezuela’s Oil Sector

    Specially Designated Nationals List Update

    The following individuals have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

    [ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059]

    Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade

    CAMPO FLORES, Efrain Antonio

    • Address: Caracas, Venezuela
    • DOB: 25 Aug 1986
    • POB: Valencia, Venezuela
    • Nationality: Venezuela
    • Gender: Male
    • Cedula No.: 18330183 (Venezuela)
    • Passport: 081303148 (Venezuela) expires 28 Nov 2018 (individual)

    Efrain Antonio Campo Flores is the nephew of Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, the wife of Nicolas Maduro. Known as one of the “narco-nephews,” he was arrested in Haiti in November 2015 while finalizing a deal to smuggle cocaine into the United States. He was convicted in U.S. federal court but was granted clemency by President Biden in October 2022. According to the Treasury, since his return to Venezuela, he has resumed illicit drug trafficking activities.

    FLORES DE FREITAS, Franqui Francisco

    • Address: Caracas, Venezuela
    • DOB: 14 Aug 1985
    • POB: Caracas, Venezuela
    • Nationality: Venezuela
    • Gender: Male
    • Cedula No.: 17751244 (Venezuela)
    • Passport: 066981222 (Venezuela) expires 24 Jan 2018 (individual)

    Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas is the nephew of Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro. He was arrested alongside his cousin, Efrain Antonio Campo Flores, in Haiti in 2015 for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States. Following his conviction and subsequent clemency grant by President Biden in October 2022, he returned to Venezuela where, according to the Treasury, he continues to engage in narcotics trafficking.

    [VENEZUELA-EO13850]

    Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela

    CARRETERO NAPOLITANO, Ramon

    • Address: Panama City, Panama
    • DOB: 08 May 1965
    • POB: Colon, Panama
    • Nationality: Panama
    • Gender: Male
    • Cedula No.: 388114 (Panama)
    • Passport: 1874513 (Panama) expires 28 Mar 2017 (individual)

    Ramon Carretero Napolitano is a Panamanian businessman designated for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy. He has secured contracts with the Government of Venezuela and maintains business ties with the Maduro-Flores family, including partnering with them in various companies. He is accused of facilitating the shipment of petroleum products for the regime.

    [VENEZUELA]

    Venezuela Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 591

    MALPICA FLORES, Carlos Erik

    • Address: Naguanagua, Carabobo, Venezuela
    • DOB: 17 Sep 1972
    • Nationality: Venezuela
    • Gender: Male
    • Cedula No.: 11810943 (Venezuela) (individual)

    Carlos Erik Malpica Flores is the nephew of Cilia Flores and previously served as the National Treasurer of Venezuela and Vice President of Finance for PDVSA. He was originally designated by OFAC in July 2017 but was delisted in 2022 to encourage political negotiations in Mexico City. Treasury has redesignated him for being an official of the Government of Venezuela.

    The following entities have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

    [VENEZUELA-EO13850]

    Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela

    ARCTIC VOYAGER INCORPORATED

    AKAs: ARCTIC VOYAGER INC

    • Address: Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Majuro, Ajeltake Island 96960, Marshall Islands
    • Organization Established Date: 08 Nov 2024
    • Identification Number: IMO 0109600
    • Business Registration Number: 128742 (Marshall Islands)

    Arctic Voyager Incorporated is the registered owner of the vessel KIARA M. The Treasury reports that this vessel loaded oil in Venezuela in September and October 2025 for transport to Asia.

    FULL HAPPY LIMITED

    • Address: Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Majuro, Ajeltake Island 96960, Marshall Islands
    • Organization Established Date: 03 Mar 2023
    • Identification Number: IMO 6405624
    • Business Registration Number: 118736 (Marshall Islands)

    Full Happy Limited is the registered owner and commercial manager of the vessel MONIQUE. The vessel reportedly loaded and transported Venezuelan oil to Asia in late May 2025.

    MYRA MARINE LIMITED

    • Address: Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Majuro, Ajeltake Island 96960, Marshall Islands
    • Organization Established Date: 24 Sep 2024
    • Identification Number: IMO 0088934
    • Business Registration Number: 128049 (Marshall Islands)

    Myra Marine Limited is the registered owner and commercial manager of the vessel WHITE CRANE. The vessel loaded oil in Venezuela as recently as October 2025 and utilized deceptive practices, such as obscuring its location, to hide its activities.

    POWEROY INVESTMENT LIMITED

    AKAs: POWEROY INVESTMENT LTD

    • Address: Virgin Islands, British
    • Identification Number: IMO 6438512

    Poweroy Investment Limited is the registered owner of the vessel H. CONSTANCE. The vessel reportedly loaded Venezuelan oil in October 2025 and manipulated its location transmissions.

    READY GREAT LIMITED

    • Address: Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Majuro, Ajeltake Island 96960, Marshall Islands
    • Organization Established Date: 06 Jul 2023
    • Identification Number: IMO 0017035
    • Business Registration Number: 120806 (Marshall Islands)

    Ready Great Limited is the registered owner of the vessel LATTAFA. The vessel is accused of making multiple shipments of Venezuelan oil to Asia throughout 2025 while using deceptive tracking practices.

    SINO MARINE SERVICES LIMITED

    AKAs: SINO MARINE SERVICES LTD

    • Address: 14, Wells View Drive, Bromley, Kent BR2 9UL, United Kingdom
    • Organization Established Date: 01 Jan 2016
    • Identification Number: IMO 5967460
    • Company Number: 10214578 (United Kingdom)

    Sino Marine Services Limited is the ship manager and operator of the vessel TAMIA. The vessel reportedly loaded and transported Venezuelan oil to Asia in June 2025 while manipulating its location transmissions.

    The following vessels have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

    [VENEZUELA-EO13850]

    Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela

    H. CONSTANCE

    • Type: Crude Oil Tanker
    • Flag: Panama
    • Vessel Year of Build: 2002
    • Vessel Registration Identification: IMO 9237773
    • MMSI: 352002009 (vessel)Linked to: POWEROY INVESTMENT LIMITED

    The H. CONSTANCE is a Panama-flagged crude oil tanker identified for loading Venezuelan oil in October 2025 and manipulating its transmissions to hide its location.

    KIARA M

    • Type: Crude Oil Tanker
    • Flag: Panama
    • Vessel Year of Build: 2004
    • Vessel Registration Identification: IMO 9285823
    • MMSI: 352002348 (vessel)Linked to: ARCTIC VOYAGER INCORPORATED

    The KIARA M is a Panama-flagged crude oil tanker that loaded oil in Venezuela in September and October 2025, destined for Asia.

    LATTAFA

    • Type: Crude Oil Tanker
    • Flag: Panama
    • Vessel Year of Build: 2003
    • Vessel Registration Identification: IMO 9245794 (vessel)Linked to: READY GREAT LIMITED

    The LATTAFA is a Panama-flagged crude oil tanker accused of transporting multiple shipments of Venezuelan oil to Asia in 2025 while obfuscating its movements.

    MONIQUE

    • Type: Crude Oil Tanker
    • Flag: Cook Islands
    • Vessel Year of Build: 2005
    • Vessel Registration Identification: IMO 9311270
    • MMSI: 518999141 (vessel)Linked to: FULL HAPPY LIMITED

    The MONIQUE is a Cook Islands-flagged crude oil tanker that loaded and transported Venezuelan oil to Asia in late May 2025.

    TAMIA

    • Type: Crude Oil Tanker
    • Flag: Hong Kong
    • Other Vessel Flag: China
    • Vessel Year of Build: 2006
    • Vessel Registration Identification: IMO 9315642
    • MMSI: 477186300 (vessel)Linked to: SINO MARINE SERVICES LIMITED

    The TAMIA is a Hong Kong-flagged crude oil tanker that loaded and transported Venezuelan oil to Asia in June 2025, using deceptive practices to hide its location.

    WHITE CRANE

    • Type: Crude Oil Tanker
    • Flag: Panama
    • Vessel Year of Build: 2007
    • Vessel Registration Identification: IMO 9323429
    • MMSI: 352003199 (vessel)Linked to: MYRA MARINE LIMITED

    The WHITE CRANE is a Panama-flagged crude oil tanker that loaded oil in Venezuela in October 2025 and employed deceptive practices, such as failing to transmit its location, to hide its activities.

    The following changes have been made to OFAC’s SDN List:

    [NPWMD]

    Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 544

    [IFSR]

    Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 561

    ADVANCED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER

    AKAs: ADVANCED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE; AICTC; AICT

    • Address: No. 5, Golestan Alley, Shahid Ghasemi St., Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
    • Website: www.aictc.ir
    • Additional Sanctions Information: – Subject to Secondary Sanctions

    List of Changes:

    Field Name: a.k.a.

    Changed: “a.k.a. AICTC” to: “a.k.a. ADVANCED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE; a.k.a. AICTC; a.k.a. “AICT””

    RAHIMIAN, Pezhman

    AKAs: RAHIMIAN, Pejman

    • Address: Iran
    • DOB: 29 Aug 1977
    • POB: Esfahan, Esfahan Province, Iran
    • Nationality: Iran
    • Additional Sanctions Information: – Subject to Secondary Sanctions
    • Gender: Male
    • National ID No.: 1285917855 (Iran) (individual)Linked to: ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION OF IRAN

    List of Changes:

    Field Name: DOB

    Added: 29 Aug 1977

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  • December 11, 2025: Counter Narcotics Designations; Venezuela-related Designations; Non-Proliferation Designation Updates

    The following are the additions made from Counter Narcotics Designations; Venezuela-related Designations; Non-Proliferation Designation Updates (I have to find my prompt for updates) – and here is the Treasury Press Release “Treasury Targets Illegitimate Maduro Regime Insiders and Sanctions Evaders in Venezuela’s Oil Sector”

    Individuals

    [VENEZUELA-EO14059]

    • Definition: Executive Order 14059 of December 15, 2021, “Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade”.

    CAMPO FLORES, Efrain Antonio

    • Aliases: a.k.a. “Campo”; a.k.a. “Efraín Campo”; a.k.a. “Efraín Flores”
    • Nationality: Venezuela
    • DOB: [Approx. 1986]
    • Gender: Male
    • Type: Individual

    Supplemental Information: Efrain Antonio Campo Flores is the nephew of Cilia Flores, the wife of Nicolas Maduro. Known as one of the “Narco Nephews,” he was arrested in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in November 2015 during a DEA sting operation while finalizing a deal to transport 800 kilograms of cocaine to the United States. He was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on narcotics trafficking charges in November 2016 and sentenced to 18 years in prison. In October 2022, he was granted clemency by President Joe Biden in a prisoner exchange for seven Americans detained in Venezuela. The Treasury Department states that since his return to Venezuela, he has continued his involvement in illicit drug trafficking activities.

    FLORES DE FREITAS, Franqui Francisco

    • Aliases: a.k.a. “Flores de Freitas”; a.k.a. “Franqui Flores”
    • Nationality: Venezuela
    • DOB: [Approx. 1985]
    • Gender: Male
    • Type: Individual

    Supplemental Information: Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas is the nephew of Cilia Flores and cousin of Efrain Antonio Campo Flores. He was arrested alongside his cousin in Haiti in November 2015 for conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the U.S. and was convicted in New York in 2016, receiving an 18-year prison sentence. Like his cousin, he was granted clemency in October 2022 as part of a prisoner swap. The Treasury Department has designated him for continuing to engage in activities that contribute to the international proliferation of illicit drugs.

    [VENEZUELA-EO13692]

    • Definition: Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015, “Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela”.

    MALPICA FLORES, Carlos Erik

    • Aliases: a.k.a. “Malpica”; a.k.a. “Malpica Flores, Carlos”
    • Address: Naguanagua, Carabobo, Venezuela
    • DOB: 17 Sep 1972
    • Nationality: Venezuela
    • Cedula No.: 11810943
    • Gender: Male
    • Type: Individual

    Supplemental Information: Carlos Erik Malpica Flores is another nephew of Cilia Flores. He formerly served as the National Treasurer of Venezuela and as the Vice President of Finance for the state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA). He was previously designated by OFAC in July 2017 but was removed from the sanctions list in June 2022 by the Biden administration in an effort to encourage negotiations between the Maduro regime and the opposition. The Treasury Department has re-designated him for being a current or former official of the Government of Venezuela, citing the regime’s refusal to recognize democratic values.

    [VENEZUELA-EO13850]

    • Definition: Executive Order 13850 of November 1, 2018, “Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela”.

    CARRETERO NAPOLITANO, Ramon

    • Aliases: a.k.a. “Carretero”
    • Nationality: Panama
    • DOB: 26 Nov 1990
    • POB: Ciudad de Panama, Panama
    • Gender: Male
    • Type: Individual

    Supplemental Information: Ramon Carretero Napolitano is a Panamanian businessman and former professional cyclist. He competed in the 2014 Giro d’Italia but was suspended from the sport in 2015 after testing positive for EPO. In the business world, he is accused of engaging in lucrative contracts with the Maduro regime and facilitating shipments of petroleum products on behalf of the Venezuelan government. He has partnered in several companies with the Maduro-Flores family. In September 2025, he reportedly survived a plane crash in Maiquetía, Venezuela, aboard a private jet (YV3440) linked to his business dealings.

    Entities

    [VENEZUELA-EO13850]

    • Definition: Executive Order 13850 of November 1, 2018, “Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela”.

    ARCTIC VOYAGER INCORPORATED

    • Address: Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands
    • Type: Entity
    • Linked To: KIARA M

    Supplemental Information: A Marshall Islands-registered company that is the registered owner of the Panama-flagged vessel Kiara M. The vessel loaded oil in Venezuela in September and October 2025 and transported it to Asia.

    FULL HAPPY LIMITED

    • Address: Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands
    • Type: Entity
    • Linked To: MONIQUE

    Supplemental Information: A Marshall Islands-registered company that owns and manages the Cook Islands-flagged vessel Monique. The vessel loaded and transported Venezuelan oil to Asia in May 2025.

    MYRA MARINE LIMITED

    • Address: Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands
    • Type: Entity
    • Linked To: WHITE CRANE

    Supplemental Information: A Marshall Islands-registered company that owns and manages the vessel White Crane. The vessel loaded oil in Venezuela as recently as October 2025 and has used deceptive shipping practices, such as manipulating its location transmissions.

    POWEROY INVESTMENT LIMITED

    • Address: Tortola, Virgin Islands, British
    • Type: Entity
    • Linked To: H. CONSTANCE

    Supplemental Information: A British Virgin Islands-registered company that owns the Panama-flagged vessel H. Constance. The vessel loaded Venezuelan oil in October 2025 and has repeatedly manipulated its AIS transmissions to hide its location.

    READY GREAT LIMITED

    • Address: Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands
    • Type: Entity
    • Linked To: LATTAFA

    Supplemental Information: A Marshall Islands-registered company that owns the Panama-flagged vessel Lattafa. The vessel has made multiple shipments of Venezuelan oil to Asia throughout 2025 and has engaged in location obfuscation.

    SINO MARINE SERVICES LIMITED

    • Address: London, United Kingdom
    • Type: Entity
    • Linked To: TAMIA

    Supplemental Information: A UK-registered company that manages and operates the Hong Kong-flagged vessel Tamia. The vessel loaded and transported Venezuelan oil to Asia in June 2025 and has manipulated its transmissions to hide its activities.

    Vessels

    [VENEZUELA-EO13850]

    • Definition: Executive Order 13850 of November 1, 2018, “Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela”.

    H. CONSTANCE

    • IMO: 9237773
    • Flag: Panama
    • Type: Vessel
    • Linked To: POWEROY INVESTMENT LIMITED

    Supplemental Information: An oil tanker identified as blocked property for transporting Venezuelan oil.

    KIARA M

    • IMO: 9285823
    • Flag: Panama
    • Type: Vessel
    • Linked To: ARCTIC VOYAGER INCORPORATED

    Supplemental Information: An oil tanker identified as blocked property for transporting Venezuelan oil.

    LATTAFA

    • IMO: 9245794
    • Flag: Panama
    • Type: Vessel
    • Linked To: READY GREAT LIMITED

    Supplemental Information: An oil tanker identified as blocked property for transporting Venezuelan oil.

    MONIQUE

    • IMO: 9311270
    • Flag: Cook Islands
    • Type: Vessel
    • Linked To: FULL HAPPY LIMITED

    Supplemental Information: An oil tanker identified as blocked property for transporting Venezuelan oil.

    TAMIA

    • IMO: 9315642
    • Flag: Hong Kong
    • Type: Vessel
    • Linked To: SINO MARINE SERVICES LIMITED

    Supplemental Information: An oil tanker identified as blocked property for transporting Venezuelan oil.

    WHITE CRANE

    • IMO: 9323429
    • Flag: Marshall Islands
    • Type: Vessel
    • Linked To: MYRA MARINE LIMITED

    Supplemental Information: An oil tanker identified as blocked property for transporting Venezuelan oil.

    The video below discusses the recent plane crash involving Ramon Carretero Napolitano, highlighting the “web of corruption” connecting him to the Maduro regime, which makes it relevant context for his designation.

    ACCIDENT IN VENEZUELA UNCOVERS CORRUPTION NETWORK

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