The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Friday designated eight individuals and entities it says are part of procurement and recruitment networks that have supplied and bolstered both sides of Sudan's ongoing conflict.
Officials said the Office of Foreign Assets Control identified networks that have provided material assistance to the Sudanese Armed Forces, as well as to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The Treasury linked its action to the broader humanitarian emergency generated by the fighting and warned that the crisis has created space for terrorist groups to expand operations in the area.
In accompanying statements, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said, "The Trump Administration is committed to advancing a lasting peace in Sudan and bringing an end to the conflict. The networks profiting from the conflict in Sudan jeopardize the prospects for the humanitarian truce that the Sudanese people desperately need."
Among the entities named was Target Multiactivities Company Ltd., a Sudan-based firm that the Treasury described as controlled by the Defense Industries System through Giad Industrial Group. The department said Target Multiactivities imported explosives from suppliers in Egypt and India, highlighting India-based SBL Energy Limited as a supplier that delivered in excess of 200 shipments of explosives since 2024.
The Treasury also added Tariq Hussain Muhammad Madani, the managing director of Target Multiactivities Company Ltd., to the sanctions list. SBL Energy Limited and its chief executive officer, Alok Choudhari, were likewise designated.
Ports Engineering Company LTD was sanctioned for procurement activity tied to Sudanese state enterprises, including Giad. The Treasury cited imports of uniforms, footwear, ammunition belts, and weapons from vendors in the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, with such activity traced back to April 2023.
In a parallel set of designations, three individuals connected to Talent Bridge S.A. were sanctioned. The Treasury identified Talent Bridge as a Panama-based company used to recruit former Colombian military personnel to fight for the Rapid Support Forces. The three officials named were Panamanian nationals Enrique Daniel Palacios Quintanilla and Jack Peter Derman Guzman, and Colombian national Fredy Alejandro Lopez Ocampo, each described as having held official roles in the company.
The administration urged the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces to accept an immediate three-month humanitarian truce, and it called on external actors to cease financial and military support to the warring parties.
The designations were announced under Executive Order 14098. Under that order, the Treasury said all property and interests in property of the designated persons that are in the United States, or that come under the control of U.S. persons, are blocked.
The Treasury's action reflects a targeted effort to disrupt the networks that the department says have perpetuated supplies and recruitment fueling the conflict. The sanctions list ties together named companies, named individuals, and specified supply chains without assigning new legal remedies beyond the asset blocks and prohibitions identified under the executive order.