OFAC adds to Syria, Syria-related and Hong Kiong-related sanctions lists
OFAC today added the following persons: AL-ALI, Nasr (Arabic: ناصر العلي) (a.k.a. AL-ALI, Naser; a.k.a. AL-ALI, Nasir; a.k.a. AL-ALI, Nasser; a.k.a. ALI, Nasser), Damascus, Syria; DOB 01 Feb 1961; POB...
View ArticleState Department Press Release on Hong Kong-related designations
Designations of Four PRC and Hong Kong Officials Threatening the Peace, Security, and Autonomy of Hong Kong PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE NOVEMBER 9, 2020 Share The People’s...
View ArticleState Department Press Release on Syria & Syria-related designations
Had to do the math to check if the 2 Syria-related designations were included… Syria Sanctions Designations on the Anniversary of Assad’s Attack Against the People of Douma, Syria PRESS STATEMENT...
View ArticleAnother day, another set of Iran-related designations from OFAC...
Today, OFAC designated the following persons: BANIHASHEMI, Mohammad (a.k.a. BANIHASHEMI CHAHAROM, Seyed Mohammad), No 3, Mehr Alley, Kamran Alley, Bastan Alley, Firuzbakhsh Ave, Aghdasieh, Tehran...
View ArticleState Department Press Release on yesterday’s Iran designations
Designation of Iranian Procurement Networks PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE NOVEMBER 11, 2020 Share On November 10, 2020 the Department of the Treasury designated an...
View ArticleEU, OFSI amend 16 Venezuela sanctions designations
Pursuant to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1696, UK regulators today updated the following 16 individual designations: 1. REVEROL TORRES, Nestor Luis DOB: 28/10/1964. Position: (1) Minister...
View ArticleYesterday’s Executive Order = new OFAC program
Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies Issued on: November 12, 2020 By the authority vested in me as President by the...
View ArticleVenezuela General License 8 – now through June 3rd, 2021
OFAC replaced Venezuela General License 8F with 8G – the new deadline for authorized transactions is June 3, 2021. Remember, this is the GL which authorizes transactions for Chevron, Halliburton,...
View ArticleOFAC adds two Somalia-based terrorists to SDN List
Today, OFAC added the following 2 persons: AYMAN, Maalim (a.k.a. ABDI, Nuh Ibrahim; a.k.a. ALI, Abdiaziz Dubow; a.k.a. AYMAN, Ma’alim; a.k.a. AYMAN, Mo’alim; a.k.a. “KABO, Ayman”), Kenya; Badamadow,...
View ArticleMo‘ Iran, Mo’ Counter Terror, Mo’ Non-Proliferation designations and changes...
Today, OFAC added the following persons: ALAVI, Mahmoud (a.k.a. ALAVI, Seyed Mahmoud; a.k.a. ALAVI, Seyyed Mahmoud (Arabic: سید محمود علوی)), Iran; DOB 24 Apr 1954; POB Lamard, Fars Province, Iran;...
View ArticleNovember 17, 2020: State Department explains OFAC terror designations
State Department Designates Two Senior Al-Shabaab Leaders as Terrorists PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE NOVEMBER 17, 2020 Share Today, the Department of State has designated...
View ArticleState Department designates two Iranian officials under Section 7031(c) for...
Commemoration of the Massacre of Mahshahr and Designation of Iranian Officials Due to Involvement in Gross Violations of Human Rights PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE NOVEMBER 18,...
View ArticleReturning to Mr. Watchlist’s DesigNation…
New episode Hup, Two, Three, Four! – all about Executive Order 13959, the new Chinese Military Companies sanctions order. Some parts of the EO are kind of unique, and I wonder about the implementation...
View ArticleOFAC adds & updates DPRK listings (and one Syria-related one, too)
Today, OFAC added the following entities: KOREA CHOLSAN GENERAL TRADING CORPORATION (Cyrillic: ГЕНЕРАЛЬНАЯ ТОРГОВАЯ КОМПАНИЯ ЧХОЛСАН КНДР) (a.k.a. CHKHOLSAN; a.k.a. CHOLSAN TRADING COMPANY; a.k.a....
View ArticleOFAC adds a person and an entity to Global Magnitsky program
Today, OFAC added the following person: AL-KANI, Mohamed (a.k.a. AL-KANI, Mohamed Khalifa Abderrahim Shaqaqi; a.k.a. AL-KANI, Mohammed; a.k.a. AL-KANI, Muhammad Omar), Libya; DOB 03 May 1979;...
View ArticleI guessed right…
I finally remembered to bookmark the Treasury press release site… PRESS RELEASES Treasury Sanctions Militia and Its Leader in Connection with Serious Human Rights Abuse in Libya November 25, 2020...
View ArticleNovember 27, 2020: State Department explains Wednesday’s OFAC designations on...
The United States Sanctions Libyan Individual and Militia Connected to Serious Human Rights Abuse in Libya PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE NOVEMBER 27, 2020 Share On Wednesday,...
View ArticleOFAC designates CEIEC under Venezuela program, issues General License, FAQ
OFAC added the following entity: CEIEC (Chinese Simplified: 中国电子进出口总公司) (a.k.a. CHINA NATIONAL ELECTRONIC IMPORT-EXPORT COMPANY; a.k.a. CHINA NATIONAL ELECTRONICS IMPORT AND EXPORT CORPORATION), Block...
View ArticleOFAC adds & updates counter narcotics designations
OFAC has added the following persons: CORREA SALAS, Euclides, Turbo, Antioquia, Colombia; DOB 15 Mar 1975; POB Choco, Colombia; nationality Colombia; Gender Male; Cedula No. 71983546 (Colombia)...
View ArticleOFAC’s Counter Narcotics Sanctions: One man enters, many leave (and one gets...
With apologies to Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome… This afternoon, OFAC added the following person to their counter narcotics trafficking sanctions: RODRIGUEZ SERRANO, Lucio, El Barrio de Guanajuato,...
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