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March 2, 2015: HMT renews 3 Hezbollah-linked TAFA Final Designations
On March 2nd (Mr. Watchlist's birthday), Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) renewed the Final Designations of the following 3 persons, who are linked to Hezbollah: AL-NASSER, Abdelkarim, Hussein, Mohamed...
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March 3, 2015: DFAT renews some, revokes some Autonomous sanctions listings
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, has renewed a number of Australia’s listings of designated and declared persons and designated entities that continue to meet the appropriate criteria...
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March 17, 2015: UN, DFAT, OSFI update Al-Qaida sanctions list
On St. Patrick's Day, Australian and Canadian regulators implemented changes to the Al-Qaida sanctions list promulgated by the United Nations by adding the following three individuals: QDi.348 Name: 1:...
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March 3, 2015: DFAT adopts Consolidated List changes to multiple programs...
On March 3rd, Australian regulators instituted changes to 4 sanctions regimes in response to changes made at the UN. They are: Central African Republic sanctions – removed the following person: CFi.003...
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March 3, 2015: EU, HMT update multiple programs
On March 3, Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) implemented the following changes to its Consolidated List: Belarus: A judgment from the General Court of the European Union has caused the delisting of the...
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March 6, 2015: SECO makes changes to Ukraine sanctions
On March 6th, Swiss regulators added the following 19 persons: SSID: 175-30380 Name: Dremov Pavel Spelling variant: ДРЁМОВ Павел (Russian) DOB: 1976 POB: Stakhanov Good quality a.k.a.: Batya...
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March 6, 2015: OSFI Warning Notice for Edgewood Bank of Canada, oneBANK
Warning Notice March 5, 2015 The entity(ies) listed below is/are not federal financial institutions and is/are notregulated by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI). Name...
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March 11, 2015: SECO updates Cote d’Ivoire, Congo, Syria sanctions
On March 11th, Swiss regulators updated three sanctions programs. First, they delisted the following person sanctioned under the Cote d'Ivoire program: SSID: 30-23759 Name: N'Guessan Pascal Affi DOB: 1...
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March 20, 2015: EU, HMT remove 1, modify 50 Ukraine-related sanctions...
On March 20th, Her Majesty's Treasury implemented Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/427 by modifying 50 listings on their Consolidated List (omitted for brevity) and removing the following...
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March 12, 2015: 4th Independent Reviewer Report of Terrorist Asset-Freezing...
Every year, there is an independent review of the UK’s TAFA 2010 law, and its implementation. This year’s report has a lot of statistical and historical context in it. Interesting points: As to...
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March 18, 2015: SECO adds to Syrian sanctions listings
On March 18th, Swiss regulators added the following seven individuals: SSID: 200-30613 Name: Bayan Bitar Good quality a.k.a.: Dr Bayan Al-Bitar Address: P.O.Box 11037, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic...
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All together now: Expanded DFAT sanctions on Russia, Crimea, Sevastopol start
Expanded Australian sanctions were initially announced on September 1st of last year, but weren't in force until today. They include the following restricted activities: the export to and import from...
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SECO lifts FRY sanctions
Swiss regulators announced today that, as of tomorrow (April 1, 2015), the sanctions on individuals from the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) will be lifted. There were only 13 persons left...
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March 18, 2015: OFAC adds 3 to Kingpin Act sanctions
On March 18th, OFAC added the following 3 persons to the SDN List under their Kingpin Act anti-narcotics trafficking program: CABRERA SARABIA, Alejandro; DOB 17 Jul 1973; POB Santiago Papasquiaro,...
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March 23, 2015: EU, HMT change Al-Qaida sanctions listings
On March 23rd, in line with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/480, Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) added the following 3 persons to its Al-Qaida sanctions on the Consolidated List: PERSHADA,...
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March 31, 2015: OFAC adds to WMD sanctions, modifies Syrian sanctions lists
On Tuesday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added the following entities under its Weapons of Mass Destruction Non-Proliferation (NPWMD) sanctions program: DENISE COMPANY, Tayyouneh-Bdeir...
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April 1, 2015: UN changes to Taliban & Al-Qaida sanctions
On April 1st, OSFI and DFAT removed the following person from their Al-Qaida sanctions, after its removal by the UN: QDi.254 Name: 1: ABD AL-RAHMAN 2: MUHAMMAD 3: JAFFAR 4: ‘ALI Name (original...
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April 2, 2015: Swiss changes to Ukraine, Al-Qaida sanctions
On April 2nd, Swiss regulators SECO changed two sanctions programs. First, they de-listed the following person from the Ukraine-related sanctions program: SSID: 175-27559 Name: Shvetsova Ludmila...
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Cyber Attacks Not an April Fool: New Executive Order
No designations yet, but yesterday OFAC published a notice of a new Executive Order establishing a new sanctions program for individuals involved in cyber attacks and the like: This authority allows...
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March 24, 2015: OFAC adds, updates Kingpin Act sanctions, cleans up Cuba...
On March 24th, OFAC added the following to its anti-narcotics trafficking sanctions: KELMENDI, Besnik (a.k.a. KELJMENDI, Besnik); DOB 30 Oct 1980; POB Pec, Kosovo; Passport 5661746 (Bosnia and...
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