Toll Holdings to pay $6.1M for widespread sanctions violations
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Jaclyn Jaeger2022-04-25T20:27:00
Toll Holdings, an international freight forwarding and logistics company, has agreed to remit more than $6.1 million as part of a settlement with the Office of Foreign Assets Control resolving nearly 3,000 apparent violations of Iran, North Korea, and Syria sanctions.
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