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Wall Street Journal Reveals Zhejiang Chouzhou Commercial Bank as a Conduit for Russian and Iranian Sanctions Evasion

11.03 ·Reported ·Importance IV ·Sources 1 ·Yiwu

On November 3, The Wall Street Journal reported that among approximately 3,500 leaked A7 transactions, Chouzhou Bank appeared most frequently as the receiving bank. In February 2025, a Kyrgyz front company ordered 40,000 kilograms of molybdenum trioxide from a Chinese supplier, with a payment of about $1.5 million wired to an account at the bank. Both the Biden and Trump administrations had internally flagged the bank but did not impose sanctions. Chouzhou Bank stated it has launched an internal investigation, while China opposes unilateral U.S. sanctions.

Zelensky accuses Putin of exploiting sanctions loopholes and Starlink services to gain an edge

10.18 ·Verified ·Importance III ·Sources 1

Ukrainian President Zelensky stated in a public address that Putin currently feels a sense of victory in the war by circumventing sanctions, striking diesel trade deals, and making use of Starlink services. Zelensky stressed that these realities must be faced honestly, implying that Western sanctions against Russia and related technical support contain loopholes that have affected the balance of the war.

Iran Continues Exporting LPG and Aviation Fuel Despite U.S. Naval Blockade

10.16 ·Developing ·Importance III ·Sources 1

According to X account @__Inty__, Iran has still shipped out some liquefied petroleum gas and aviation fuel despite a U.S. naval blockade. Since mid-July, at least 8 tankers carrying about 4.1 million barrels of Iranian LPG have left the Gulf of Oman, most heading first to Malaysia, with China the highly likely final destination; another tanker transported Iranian aviation fuel to Myanmar in September.

New York Times Reveals Inspur Group Evading U.S. Chip Export Controls Through Silicon Valley Subsidiary and Southeast Asia Network

09.06 ·Reported ·Importance III ·Sources 1 ·美国加利福尼亚

On September 6, 2026, an investigative report by The New York Times revealed that Inspur Group, a Chinese company under U.S. sanctions, purchased tens of billions of dollars' worth of advanced-process chips and evaded export controls by renaming its Silicon Valley subsidiary and using a transshipment network in Southeast Asia.

US Sanctions Turkish Golden Global Bank

2026.09 ·Verified ·Importance IV ·Sources 1 ·Turkey

The US Treasury Department sanctioned Turkey's Golden Global Bank and its subsidiaries, accusing them of providing money laundering and correspondent banking services for oil trade between the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the Chinese Communist Party, cutting off Iran's financial lifeline in Turkey.

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Turkish Businessman Sitki Ayan and His Network in 2022

2022 ·Verified ·Importance III ·Sources 1 ·Turkey

In 2022, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned Turkish businessman Sitki Ayan and the network of companies he controls, which had transferred hundreds of millions of dollars in oil sales proceeds for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force and was an upstream link in the business allegedly conducted by Golden Global Bank.

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