The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued new sanctions against North Korean individuals and entities on Tuesday, targeting numerous DPRK nationals working abroad and several of the country’s banks.

In total, eight North Korean banks and 26 individuals were designated by the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

“We are targeting North Korean banks and financial facilitators acting as representatives for North Korean banks across the globe,” Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin said in an accompanying press release.

“This further advances our strategy to fully isolate North Korea in order to achieve our broader objectives of a peaceful and denuclearized Korean