OFAC Corrects Sanctions Entry Targeting Italian Pizzeria Owner, Report Says
The Office of Foreign Assets Control mistakenly sanctioned a restaurant owner in Italy, his company and an Italian graphic design company before deleting the designations last week (see 2103310018), Reuters reported April 1. The designations, issued during the final days…
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of the Trump administration (see 2101190017), targeted Alessandro Bazzoni, the owner of a pizzeria in Italy, according to the report. The sanctions were intended to target a different Alessandro Bazzoni, whom the administration said was involved in a sanctions evasions network operating in Venezuela. The Italy-based Bazzoni told Reuters the designations were a “mistake.” OFAC didn’t comment.