Treasury Department sanctions five parties accused of supporting violent far-left terrorism

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned three entities and two individuals under counterterrorism authorities Aug. 26, targeting what officials described as infrastructure supporting violent far-left groups. 

A department press release names Autistici Inventati, an Italy-based organization; Palestine Action, a United Kingdom-based group; and Masar Badil, a transnational network, as well as Masar Badil leaders Rawa Alsagheer and Zaid Abdulnasser.

“Far-left extremists, their fronts, and their enablers should be on notice: We will bring the full weight of our economic tools to bear,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in the release.  “Political terrorism has no place in our society, and we will continue to cut the financial lifelines of these groups until they are eliminated.”

According to the release, Autistici Inventati provides specialized digital services — including website hosting on foreign servers, encrypted email, chat and video tools, and digital infrastructure associated with its “Noblogs” platform — to Antifa cells and other groups the department described as violent left-wing extremists.

The Treasury Department said Autistici Inventati has also provided services to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization whose tactics have led to thousands of deaths in Turkey, Iraq, and Syria since the group’s founding in 1984. The department said Autistici Inventati identifies itself as an “anti-fascist” and “anti-militarist” group opposed to capitalism.

Palestine Action, which the UK government proscribed as a terrorist group in July 2025, has supported multiple acts of terrorism since 2020, according to the Treasury Department. The department said those acts injured UK law enforcement officers, involved break-ins at British defense and military sites, and caused millions of dollars in damage to UK military equipment. 

According to the release, Palestine Action has also promoted violent and terrorist acts on social media and encouraged similar tactics internationally, including in the U.S. and along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Treasury Department described Masar Badil as a transnational organization that serves as a front for the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. The U.S. and Canada sanctioned Samidoun in 2024, describing it as a front owned, controlled, or directed by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization since 1997. The department said Masar Badil and Samidoun share fundraising mechanisms, senior leaders, and executive committee members.

The sanctions freeze any assets the designated parties hold in the U.S. and generally prohibit Americans from doing business with them. Individuals and financial institutions that violate the restrictions may face penalties.

The move builds on a November 2025 State Department action that designated four Europe-based groups the department said were affiliated with Antifa as foreign terrorist organizations. The Treasury Department said the sanctions also advance the 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy, which calls for the “rapid identification and neutralization” of violent extremist political groups.

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