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December 17, 2014: SECO Syrian sanctions
On December 17, Swiss regulators added the following 16 persons to their Consolidated List under their Syrian sanctions program: SSID: 200-29813 Name: Houmam Jaza’iri DOB: 1977 Good quality a.k.a.: a)...
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December 29, 2014: OFAC adds 4 to Magnitsky sanctions
Another way to skin a Russian cat: the Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following 4 persons: ALAUDINOV, Apti Kharonovich (a.k.a. ALAUDINOV, Apt Aaronovitch; a.k.a. ALAUDINOV, Apty); DOB 05...
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December 30, 2014: Iran plays vessel peek-a-boo…
On Tuesday, OFAC caught up to Iran's renaming of a slew of cargo vessels – again: AALI Bulk Carrier 53,500DWT 32,474GRT Moldova flag; Vessel Registration Identification IMO 9405942 (Moldova) (vessel)...
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December 30, 2014: OFAC adds more to Iran, WMD sanctions programs
On Tuesday, OFAC added the following persons: AMERI, Teymour (a.k.a. AMERI, Teymur; a.k.a. BARAKI, Teimur Ameri; a.k.a. BARAKY, Teymur Ameri; a.k.a. BARKI, Teymur Ameri); DOB 12 Jul 1958 (individual)...
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December 30, 2014: OFAC issues Ukraine-related General License 5
On Tuesday, OFAC issued a new General License allowing wind down operations relating to Executive Order 13685 (the one issued the other day relating to Crimea): Links: OFAC Notice General License 5...
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Rounding out the year: OSFI incorporate UN changes to Doku Khamatovich Umarov...
On Wednesday, Canadian regulators incorporated the changes to the following person's listing in the Consolidated List, under the Al-Qaida sanctions program: QI.U.290.11. Name: 1: DOKU 2: KHAMATOVICH 3:...
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December 19, 2014: New EU, HMT Sanctions program: Yemen
In a very unusual move, Her Majesty’s Treasury mailed out the PDF version of the sanctions notice (Mr. Watchlist assumes it’s because the web page for Yemen, which would hold all the files, isn’t ready...
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December 19, 2014: New EU, HMT Sanctions program: Yemen
In a very unusual move, Her Majesty’s Treasury mailed out the PDF version of the sanctions notice (Mr. Watchlist assumes it’s because the web page for Yemen, which would hold all the files, isn’t ready...
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January 2, 2015: OFAC North Korea program expands
The sanctions industry in the US kicked off the New Year in style, with a new Executive Order that expands sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) to the entire...
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January 5, 2015: DFAT catches up to Doku Khamatovich Umarov listing changes
As implemented last week by the UN and OSFI, Australian regulators updated the following Al-Qaida sanctions listing on their Consolidated List: QI.U.290.11. Name: 1: DOKU 2: KHAMATOVICH 3: UMAROV 4:...
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January 5, 2015: OFAC introduces new, improved sanctions list format for SDN...
OFAC, the United Nations and the Wolfsberg Group have been developing a standard, enhanced file format for sanctions data. The SDN List will now be available, as of Monday, in this format, which has...
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January 5, 2015: UN, OSFI, DFAT remove 2 from Al-Qaida sanctions
Based on the Comprehensive Report of the Ombudsman, the UN Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee removed the following 2 persons from their sanctions list: QI.A.224.06. Name: 1: ISMAIL 2: MOHAMED 3: ISMAIL 4:...
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January 5, 2015: UN, DFAT remove MOHAMED SA’ID from Somalia/Eritrea sanctions
On Monday, Australian regulators from the Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) removed the following person from the Somalia/Eritrea sanctions in their Consolidated List after the same...
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Ex Post OFAC
Mr. Watchlist has been researching OFAC enforcement actions recently, and he discovered a few things: The Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) originally capped civil monetary penalties at $50,000 per...
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Maulana Fazlullah added to SDN List
Today, OFAC added the following person to their Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) as part of their anti-terror sanctions program: FAZLULLAH, Maulana (a.k.a. HAYAT, Fazal; a.k.a. “Mullah Fazlullah”;...
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January 14, 2015: Abdallah Al-Ashqar added to OFAC terror rolls
On Wednesday, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added the following person to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List, under its anti-terrorism sanctions: AL-ASHQAR, 'Abdallah...
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January 16, 2015: 3 new designations under OFAC Kingpin program
On Friday, OFAC added the following 2 people: BILAKHIA, Aziz Moosa; DOB 03 Apr 1960; alt. DOB 1958; POB Mumbai, India; nationality India (individual) [SDNTK]. KASKAR, Shaikh Anis Ibrahim (a.k.a....
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January 15, 2015: New OFAC Cuba sanctions regulations
Sorry for the delay in posting this (work kept me busy, and Mr. Watchlist got a little lazy)… On Friday, January 16th, OFAC posted the amended Cuban Asset Control Regulations (CACR), as well as an FAQ...
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January 21, 2015: EU, HMT, UN remove 2, change 7 on Al-Qaida list
On Tuesday, January 21st, Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT), in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/64, removed the following 2 persons: ABU SHAWEESH, Ismail, Mohamed, Ismail...
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January 27, 2015: UN, OSFI, DFAT add 4 to terror rolls
Yesterday, Canadian and Australian regulators added the following 4 individuals to their Consolidated Lists, under their Al-Qaida sanctions programs, after they were added by the United Nations'...
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