Recent OFAC Actions… From September to date
Settlement Agreement between the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and Binance Holdings, Ltd. Counter Terrorism Designations; Issuance of Venezuela-related Frequently...
View ArticleOFAC Update: August 15, 2023
OFAC SDN List Update: Counter Terrorism Designation Update; Iran-related Designation Update
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Imposing Sanctions and Visa Restrictions to Hold the Lukashenka Regime to Account on the Third Anniversary of the Fraudulent Presidential Election in Belarus
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Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Provision of Humanitarian Assistance to Syria
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Sanctioning Entities and Individual Connected to Wagner Group in Africa ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 27, 2023 The United States is imposing sanctions on several entities in the Central...
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Russia-related Designations and Designation Update; Publication of Africa Gold Advisory FacebookTwitterLinkedInPrintShare Release Date 06/27/2023 Recent Actions Body The Department of the Treasury’s...
View ArticleFriday at OFAC: new Iran designations & General License
OFAC has added the following persons: FATEMI, Farhad (Arabic: فرهاد فاطمی), Iran; DOB 21 Sep 1990; POB Mashhad, Iran; nationality Iran; Additional Sanctions Information - Subject to Secondary...
View ArticleAs I said… State Department Press Statement on OFAC’s Sudan actions (& their...
U.S. Measures in Response to the Crisis in Sudan PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 1, 2023 As directed by the President in his May 4 Executive Order, today we are holding...
View ArticleOFSI Blog post on Prior Obligations General Licence
Prior Obligations General Licence Posted by: OFSI, Posted on: 24 May 2023 – Categories: Compliance, Enforcement, Financial Sanctions, Financial sanctions regime, Russia OFSI has received unprecedented...
View ArticleOFAC-a-Rama! Designations under counter terror (IRGC-related) & Sudan...
Today, OFAC has added the following persons: AMINI, Hossein Hafez (a.k.a. AMINI, Hosein Hafez; a.k.a. AMINI, Huseyin Hafez; a.k.a. AMINI, Hussein Hafiz; a.k.a. HAFEMAZAMINI, Huseyin; a.k.a....
View ArticleOFAC Enforcement Action: Murad, LLC and one of its managers
The enforcement action notice: and the settlement agreement: Links: OFAC Notice Enforcement Action Settlement Agreement
View ArticleMay 23, 2023: State Department Press Release on joint actions with South...
Taking Joint Action with the Republic of Korea to Combat the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Illicit Revenue Generation PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 23, 2023 The...
View ArticleState Department Fact Sheet on May 19th Russia sanctions and export control...
United States Imposes Additional Sanctions and Export Controls on Russia in Coordination with International Partners FACT SHEET OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON MAY 19, 2023 The United States will continue...
View ArticleOFAC publishes amended South Sudan Sanctions Regulations
The Final Rule amended the South Sudan Sanctions Regulations: Links: OFAC Notice Final Rule
View ArticleMay 25, 2023: OFAC adds 1 to Russian sanctions, removes some from narcotics...
OFAC added the following person: MASLOV, Ivan Aleksandrovich (Cyrillic: МАСЛОВ, ИВАН АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ) (a.k.a. "MASLOV, Ivan Oleksandrovich"), Mali; Uchitelskaya St., Apt 2, Shatki, Nizhny Novgorod...
View ArticleState Department press release on OFAC Syria designations
Imposing Sanctions on Syrian Financial Facilitators PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 30, 2023 Today, the United States is designating under Caesar Act authorities two Syrian...
View ArticleMay 19, 2023: OFAC makes Russia designations, amends Directive 4, issues new...
A whole raft of Russia-related sanctions designations – first, additions of persons: ABRAMCHENKO, Viktoriya Valeriyevna (Cyrillic: АБРАМЧЕНКО, Виктория Валериевна) (a.k.a. ABRAMCHENKO, Viktoria...
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