US designates Wagner a significant transnational criminal organization
26 Jan 2023 · Several countries · Official attribution
On 26 January 2023 US Treasury designated PMC Wagner as a significant transnational criminal organization under E.O. 13581, citing an ongoing pattern of serious criminal activity including mass executions, rape, child abductions and physical abuse in CAR and Mali, and redesignated it under E.O. 13667 for conduct in CAR. The same action targeted Wagner-linked entities including Sewa Security Services, Kratol Aviation (aircraft moving personnel between CAR, Libya and Mali) and Valery Zakharov.
Established by. US Treasury OFAC, 26 January 2023 (earlier designations: June 2017 under E.O. 13660; State Dept., November 2022 under E.O. 14024).
Latest. No revocation found as of October 2026.
Link to the war against Ukraine. Wagner was first sanctioned by the US in 2017 for actions in Ukraine and fought there through 2023.
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