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  Settlement Agreement between the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and Extreme Networks, Inc.

  OFAC

  October 27, 2026

  The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced an $1,529,685 settlement with Extreme Networks, Inc. ("Extreme"), a North Carolina headquartered cloud networking solutions provider. Between September 2018 and March 2022, Extreme exported networking equipment and related services on nine occasions from the United States to Joint Stock Company (JSC) Moskovskiy Mashinostroitelniy Zavod Avangard, a Russian defense manufacturer that is blocked by operation of law and majority owned by designated JSC Concern Almaz Antey. The settlement amount reflects OFAC's determination that these apparent violations were voluntarily self-disclosed and egregious.

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  Romania: Three indicted over €3.5 million fraud involving 237 EU-funded agricultural projects

  European Public Prosecutor's Office

  October 27, 2026

  (Luxembourg, 27 October 2026) – The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) has filed an indictment at the Bucharest Tribunal against three individuals accused of fraud involving non-repayable EU funding for 237 projects to support small farms and young farmers. The investigation uncovered hundreds of projects submitted for funding from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), intended to support the installation of young farmers and the development of small farms. Based on the evidence, a consultant – the main defendant in this case – submitted false and inaccurate documents in 237 projects presented to the contracting authority, the Agency for Rural Investment Financing (AFIR), on behalf of companies and family businesses.

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  Update to UK Sanctions List: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Regime

  UK Government

  October 27, 2026

  Today, Tuesday 27 October, the UK Government has amended 3 individuals sanctioned under the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Regime. This reflects amendments made on 26 October by the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee pursuant to Resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015).

  Name	UN ID	Unique ID:
  Emilie Edwidge KONIG	QDi.340	AQD0167
  Oumar DIABY	QDi.342	AQD0284
  Peter CHERIF	QDi.376	AQD0286