OFAC Sanctions Venezuelan Aircrafts, Amends General License

The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 13 aircrafts belonging to Petroleos de Venezuela, Venezuela’s state-run and sanctioned energy company, Treasury said in a Jan. 21 press release. The aircrafts have been used for travel for senior members of the Nicolas Maduro regime and have “operated in an unsafe and unprofessional manner in proximity to U.S. military aircraft,” Treasury said.

Treasury also amended a Venezuela-related general license. General License No. 20B authorizes certain activities with Banco Central de Venezuela involving certain international entities, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations, the World Bank and the World Food Program.