Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Afghan Exchange

Ansari-exhangeOn Friday, the Treasury Department has sanctioned against a money house of Afghanistan which is one of the largest money house of the country. The treasury department has also sectioned 15 executives on charges of transferring billion of dollars out of the country illegally.

It has been accused that this money was used to hide illegal process from drug sales that has been carried out in the country secretly. The foreign narcotics kingpin authorities have said that the exchange used its Dubai based subsidiaries to transfer drug money out of Kabul and into American and other international financial institutions.

They have also forced sanction on senior managers of Ansari who have close ties with president of Afghanistan. United States government has taken strong steps to stop corruption in Afghanistan. These sanctions by the treasury department against the money exchange were the latest action taken by the US government.

United States had conducted this secret raid on new Ansari’s headquarters which was in Kabul. Last year, similar kind of sanctions was carried out against new Ansari. The United State government has also restricted all business transactions with the name of the new Ansari and his managers.