Panama Under Financial Sanctions and Embargoes: A List of Active Programs
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The United States has imposed various financial sanctions and embargoes on Panama to combat terrorism, drug trafficking, and other malicious activities. The Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence maintains a list of active sanctions programs aimed at specific countries, entities, and individuals.
Sanctions Programs Imposed on Panama
According to the latest information available, Panama is subject to several sanctions programs, including:
- Afghanistan: Counter Narcotics Trafficking, Counter Terrorism, Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
- Belarus: Global Magnitsky
- Burma: Magnitsky
- Central African Republic: Non-Proliferation
- Chinese military companies: Cyber-related activities
- Counter Narcotics Trafficking
- Counter Terrorism
- Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
- Cuba: Economic sanctions
- Cyber-related activities
- Democratic Republic of Congo: Global Magnitsky
- Ethiopia: Counter Terrorism, Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
- Foreign Interference in a United States Election
- Global Magnitsky
- Hong Kong: Hong Kong Autonomy Act
- Hostages and Wrongfully Detained U.S. Nationals
- Iran: Non-Proliferation, Counter Terrorism
- Iraq: Non-Proliferation
- Lebanon: Counter Terrorism
- Libya: Non-Proliferation
- Mali: Global Magnitsky
- Nicaragua: Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
- Non-Proliferation
- North Korea: Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, Non-Proliferation
- Rough Diamond Trade Controls
- Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
- Somalia: Counter Terrorism
- South Sudan: Global Magnitsky
- Sudan and Darfur: Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
- Syria: Chemical Weapons Control
- Transnational Criminal Organizations
- Ukraine/Russia-related sanctions
- Venezuela: Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
- West Bank: Counter Terrorism
- Yemen: Counter Terrorism
These sanctions programs impose strict financial restrictions on targeted entities and individuals, prohibiting transactions with them and freezing their assets in the United States. The measures are designed to disrupt illegal activities, punish those responsible for human rights abuses and other egregious behavior, and promote stability and security in the affected regions.
Regular Updates
The Treasury Department regularly updates its list of active sanctions programs, which can be found on its website.