Generali Global Assistance, a travel assistance services company, has agreed to pay approximately $5.9 million for violating U.S. sanctions on Cuba in addition to committing to a series of sanctions compliance commitments, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced Thursday.

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