US Treasury Department removes two Balkan individuals from sanctions list (NAMES)

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US Treasury Department removes two Balkan individuals from sanctions list
Treasury Department

The Treasury Department removes two individuals from the Balkans from the sanctions list.

According to the official decision, former President of Republika Srpska Milan Milutinović and Bogdan Subotic from Bosnia and Herzegovina are removed from the US sanctions list.

Milutinović, an associate of the "butcher of the Balkans", Slobodan Milošević, passed away two years ago.

Full decision:

On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published an update to the list of sanctioned persons and entities, removing certain individuals and companies from the Sanctioned Nationals List (SDN).

Removals from the sanctions list:

1. Related to the Balkans:

Milan Milutinović: Former President of Republika Srpska and indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

Bogdan Subotić: Born in Bosanska Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2. Related to drug trafficking:

Jesús Pérez Alvear (aka "Chucho Pérez"): Associated with Mexican cartels such as "Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación", "Los Cuinis" and the company "Gallística Diamante".

Gallística Diamante SA de CV: A Mexican company also known as “Ticket Premier”, involved in activities related to narcotics trafficking.

3. Related to Russia:

Nikolay Ivanovich Bortsov: Member of the State Chamber of the Russian Federation, previously sanctioned under Executive Order 14024.


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