OFAC Sanctions People With Ties to Latin American Drug Trafficking
The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week sanctioned several people with ties to drug trafficking in Guyana, Colombia and Venezuela, including Mark Cromwell, Himnauth Sawh, Randolph Duncan, Paul Daby Jr., Yeison Andres Sanchez Vallejo and Manuel Salazar Gutierrez. OFAC said Guyana has been a transshipment point for drugs moving from South America to the U.S. and Europe for “decades,” including shipments of cocaine from Colombia and Venezuela and through the waters of Guyana and Suriname.
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“Guyana’s proximity to the Caribbean, as well as reported corruption along its ports and borders, allow maritime vessels, also known as narco-submarines, to transit through its waters undetected,” the agency said. “Traffickers utilize these vessels to smuggle cocaine from the ports of Guyana and Suriname, across the Atlantic, to the United States, Europe, and the Caribbean.”