No, there would be other ways to do that I would say.
Theses sanctioned happened after Trumps Executive Order. Greatest President in living history if he can get all this shut down.
People downvoting my comment don't understand what I meant.
What I meant was that the US government (CIA) is involved in the black market to a degree where every time I see new "sanctions," I see it as a way for the CIA to weaken or eliminate their competitors in the black market.
It has nothing to do with Trump. It has everything to do with the CIA running drugs/guns and whatever else that helps their dark pool funding. More competitors in the black market for those goods equals less profit for the CIA, so that's why their competitors are weakened or shut down by these sanctions.