Treasury Sanctions Guyanese and Colombians for Trafficking Cocaine From South America to the US and Europe

Coast Guard members who were deployed on the U.S. Navy’s USS Leyte Gulf board a self-propelled semi-submersible vessel and seize 2,370 kilograms of cocaine approximately 150 miles off the coast of Guyana, on March 22, 2024. U.S. Coast Guard

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned a network trafficking cocaine from South America to the United States and Europe on June 5, as reported in a statement.

The Treasury Department sanctions target four Guyanese citizens and two Colombian citizens who were allegedly responsible for trafficking tons of cocaine from South America to the United States, Europe, and the Caribbean, using aircraft, boats, and narco-submarines to transport the drug.