On July 2, OFAC targeted four transnational criminal groups pursuant to E.O. 13581: the Camorra, the Yakuza, the Brothers' Circle, and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). The new designations included seven members of the Camorra, one of Europe's largest criminal organizations; the Kudo-kai, a violent syndicate within the Japanese Yakuza criminal network, along with two of its leaders; an individual known to act on behalf of the Brothers' Circle, a large multi-ethnic Eurasian criminal network; and one member of MS-13, a criminal street gang that operates internationally. The Camorra, the Yakuza, and the Brothers' Circle were identified as transnational criminal organizations in the Annex to E.O. 13581 on July 24, 2011, while MS-13 was designated on October 11, 2012.
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