OFAC adds to non-proliferation sanctions
OFAC has added the following persons: ALAR, Roman Anatolyevich, Moscow, Russia; DOB 17 Jan 1973; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections...
View ArticleState Department Statement on Wednesday’s OFAC NPWMD designations
United States Designates Entities and Individuals Linked to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) Weapons Programs PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE JANUARY 12,...
View ArticleOFAC adds Hizballah financiers to counter terror program
OFAC has added the following persons: 'ALAMAH, Jihad Salim (Arabic: جهاد سالم علامه) (a.k.a. ALAME, Jihad Salem), Lebanon; DOB 02 Jul 1956; nationality Lebanon; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk:...
View ArticleA warning shot across the bow: OFAC designates people under Russian Harmful...
OFAC designated the following 3 persons: KOZAK, Taras Romanovych, Ukraine; DOB 06 Apr 1972; POB Lviv, Ukraine; nationality Ukraine; Gender Male (individual) [RUSSIA-EO14024].OLIYNYK, Volodymyr...
View ArticleI should have waited a few minutes: State Department statement on today’s...
Taking Action to Expose and Disrupt Russia’s Destabilization Campaign in Ukraine PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE JANUARY 20, 2022Share In advance of a potential further invasion...
View ArticleOFAC-a-Rama: Updated Venezuela GL , Updated TCO regulations, Civil Monetary...
Issuance of Venezuela-related General License 5I and Updated Frequently Asked Question; Issuance of Amended Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Regulations; Amendment of the definition of...
View ArticleClosing out OFAC’s week with some counter terror designations
Today, OFAC added the following persons: AYAD, Adnan (a.k.a. ADNAN, Ali Ayad; a.k.a. 'IYAD, Adnan 'Ali (Arabic: عدنان علي عياد)), Lebanon; Germany; Morocco; Ethiopia; Iraq; Ghana; Nigeria; Turkey; DOB...
View ArticleState Department Statement on today’s OFAC counter terrorism designations
Sanctioning International Hizballah Network PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE JANUARY 21, 2022Share The United States is designating Hizballah-affiliated financial facilitator...
View ArticleRemember, sanctions are financial pressures…. OFAC shortens leash on GAZ Group
Issuance of Ukraine-related General Licenses 13Q and 15K and Amended Frequently Asked Questions Release date01/24/2022Body OFAC is issuing Ukraine-related General License No. 13Q, “Authorizing Certain...
View ArticleNew U.S. Multiagency Burma Business Advisory
Publication of Business Advisory on Heightened Risks Associated with doing Business in Burma Release date01/26/2022Body Today, the U.S. Departments of the Treasury, State, Commerce, Homeland Security,...
View ArticleOFAC piles on some more Myanmar designations
Today, OFAC added the following persons: OO, Thida (a.k.a. OO, Daw Thida; a.k.a. OO, Thi Da), Burma; DOB 27 Nov 1964; POB Rangoon, Burma; nationality Burma; citizen Burma; Gender Female; Passport...
View ArticleNew counter-terror FAQs from OFAC – 7 of them!
The Newly Added FAQ page lists these in newest first order… 963. Can humanitarian organizations ship cash into Afghanistan for use in delivering humanitarian assistance? Yes, cash shipments to...
View ArticleIndonesian organization added to OFAC counter terrorism sanctions
OFAC has added the following group: WORLD HUMAN CARE, Jl Witanaharja III blok C/137, Pamulang Bara, Pamulang, Tangerang Selatan, Banten, Indonesia; Komp. Setia Bina Sarana Jl Ciremai Raya Blok AB 3...
View ArticleOFAC Actions: Ethiopia Sanctions Regulations published, penalties indexed for...
Issuance of Ethiopia Sanctions Regulations; Implementation of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Release date 02/08/2022 The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets...
View ArticleBye, bye, Burundi – but say hello to some new counter narcotics designations
First, OFAC is removing the Burundi Sanctions Regulations – you have to issue a Final Rule for that, so that is what they announced . Second, the following persons: SANCHEZ FARFAN, Wilder Emilio...
View ArticleA different kind of Executive Order…
Issuance of Executive Order Protecting Certain Property of Da Afghanistan Bank for the Benefit of the People of Afghanistan Release date 02/11/2022 Body The President has signed a new Executive Order...
View ArticleOFAC issues Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Sanctions regs, amends the...
Issuance of Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Sanctions Regulations; Amendment of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations Release date 02/15/2022 The Department of the...
View ArticleMexico helps OFAC add a counter narcotics designation
Today, OFAC added: OROZCO RODRIGUEZ, Sergio Armando (a.k.a. "CHOCHO"), Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico; DOB 16 Feb 1967; POB Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; nationality Mexico; Gender Male; C.U.R.P....
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Here it comes (Part 1 of ?): OFAC makes Russia and Belarus designations… etc.
OFAC has added the following persons: IVANOV, Sergei Sergeevich (Cyrillic: ИВАНОВ, Сергеи Сергеевич) (a.k.a. IVANOV JR., Sergey; a.k.a. IVANOV, Sergey Sergeevich), 12 BLD 1 Rochdelskaya Street Apt 13,...
View ArticleTreasury Press Release on Russia sanctions actions
PRESS RELEASES U.S. Treasury Announces Unprecedented & Expansive Sanctions Against Russia, Imposing Swift and Severe Economic Costs February 24, 2022 United States Acts in Tandem with Partners and...
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