EU, 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 ArticleNovember 13, 2020: SECO amends 2 Burundi listings
On Friday, Swiss authorities amended the following 2 individual financial sanctions listings: SSID: 25-32655 Name: Godefroid Bizimana Sex: M DOB: 23 Apr 1968 POB: Nyagaseke, Mabayi, Cibitoke...
View ArticleNovember 16, 2020: EU, OFSI remove 1 from Iran nuclear proliferation sanctions
On Monday, pursuant to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1695, UK regulators removed the following entity: 1. NEDA INDUSTRIAL GROUP Address: No 10 and 12, 64th Street, Yusef Abad, Tehran....
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 ArticleHKMA Alert: Fraudulent China CITIC Bank website
17 Nov 2020 Fraudulent website related to China CITIC Bank International Limited The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members of the public to a press release issued by China CITIC...
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 ArticleOopsie! OFSI fixes a Mali listing…
Today, UK regulators updated: 1. AG ALHOUSSEINI, Houka Houka Title: Cadi DOB: (1) 01/01/1962. (2) 01/01/1963. (3) 01/01/1964. POB: Ariaw, Tombouctou region, Mali a.k.a: (1) IBN ALHOUSSEYNI, Mohamed...
View ArticleSECO adds 8 to Syria travel & financial sanctions
Today, Swiss authorities added the following persons to their Syria travel & financial sanctions: SSID: 200-43870 Name: Bassam Tou’ma Sex: M DOB: 1969 POB: Safita, Syrian Arab Republic Good...
View ArticleHKMA Alert: Fraudulent Bank of East Asia website
20 Nov 2020 Fraudulent website related to The Bank of East Asia, Limited The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members of the public to a press release issued by The Bank of East...
View ArticleEU, OFSI update two Cyber-Attacks listings
Pursuant to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1744, UK officials amended the following individual designations: 1. GAO,Qiang DOB: 04/10/1983. POB: Shandong Province, China Nationality: Chinese...
View ArticleOFSI renews Khalid Shaikh Mohammed’s TAFA Final Designation
OFSI has renewed the Final Designation of: MOHAMMED, Khalid Shaikh Date of Renewal of Final Designation 23/11/2020 DOB: (1) 01/03/1964. (2) 14/04/1965. POB: (1) Kuwait (2) Pakistan a.k.a: (1) ALI,...
View ArticleHKMA Alert: DBS Bank phishing WhatsApp group
24 Nov 2020 Phishing WhatsApp group related to DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members of the public to a press release issued by DBS Bank (Hong...
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...
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