US targets Wagner by sanctioning gold companies suspected of funding group

The US will continue to target the Wagner group's revenue streams to degrade its expansion and violence,' US treasury says

The United States has taken fresh aim at Russia's Wagner group, imposing sanctions on companies it accuses of engaging in illicit gold dealings to fund the mercenary force.

In a statement on Tuesday, the US treasury department said it slapped sanctions on four companies in the United Arab Emirates, Central African Republic and Russia it accused of being connected to the Wagner Group and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin.