Events listed in US Sanctions
Lebanon Designations; Issuance of Russia-related General License
ID 24612
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published a press release to inform about new sanction measures. Specifically, the Office adds five individuals to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List). The persons are being sanctioned pursuant to Executive Order 13441 for undermining the rule of law in Lebanon by engaging in large scale corruption and transferring the scammed funds ...
Counter Narcotics Designations; Belarus Designations; Issuance of Belarus General ...
ID 24602
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published a press release to inform about new sanction-related measures. Specifically, the Office added several individuals, entities, and one aircraft to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) due to their support of the Belarus political regime pursuant to Executive Order 14038 and / or their engagement in illicit drug trafficking pursuant to ...
Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Provision of Humanitarian Assistance to Syria
ID 24599
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (USDT) has published a new guidance as regards the provision of humanitarian aid in view of existing sanction regulations and executive orders. The guidance, which primarily consists of frequently asked questions (FAQs), is aimed at supporting firms, organizations, and individuals alike in their assessment as to which specific activities may ...
Mali Sanctions Regulations
ID 24575
As previously announced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC (please see EventID 22399 in this context), the U.S. Department of the Treasury has now published in the Federal Register its final rule to replace Statutory Instrument 31 CFR Part 555 relating to sanction regulations with respect to Mali in its entirety. #### Background The statutory instrument was quickly implemented in abbreviated form ...
Publication of Mali Sanctions Regulations
ID 24569
The Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC, has informed of a new regulation which entirely replaces Statutory Instrument 31 CFR Part 555, a sanctions regulation to set out the legal framework for sanctioning entities and persons that are engaged in any of the activities set out in Executive Order 13882 in relation to Mali. **The reissued Statutory Instrument includes additional interpretive guidance, definitions, general ...
Russia-related Designations Updates and Designation Removal; Global Magnitsky ...
ID 24548
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published a new press statement to inform about new sanction measures. Specifically, the Office removed one individual and one ship from its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) which were previously sanctioned pursuant to Executive Order 14024 or 31 CFR Part 583, Global Magnitsky Sanctions Regulations. #### The deletions concern: SEEMAR, Satish, United ...
Counter Terrorism Designations and Designation Update; Balkans-related Designations
ID 24492
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published a press release to inform about new sanction measures. Specifically, the Office added numerous individuals and entities to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) pursuant to existing sanction regulations (31 CFR Part 594, Executive Order 13224, and Executive Order 14033) in connection with global terrorism and peace and stability in Bosnia ...
Introduction to OFAC Video Series
ID 24462
The Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC, has issued a press release in which it announces an upcoming video series relating to U.S. sanctions. According to an enclosed blog, the series is primarily addressed at financial institutions and other private sector entities to emphasize the importance of financial sanctions in supporting U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives and the private sector’s crucial role ...
Venezuela-related Designations Removals; Global Magnitsky Designation Update
ID 24456
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published a press release to inform about new sanction measures. Specifically, the Office removed four persons from its ‚Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List‘ (SDN List) which were previously sanctioned pursuant to Executive Order 13850 or Executive Order 13692 in connection with the combatting of corruption within the government of Venezuela and the fight against ...
Counter Terrorism Designation
ID 24423
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published a press release to inform about new sanction measures. Specifically, the Office added one individual to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) pursuant to existing sanction regulations (31 CFR Part 594 and Executive Order 13224) for his engagement in the financing of ISIS in Somalia. The following person is affected and ...