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United Nations updates their sanctions pages and lists
They now provide PDF, XML and HTML versions of all individual program lists, as well as a consolidated one. The Watchlists page now has them all – enjoy! Posted with BlogsyFiled under: Administrative,...
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December 16, 2015: OFAC makes additions, changes to Kingpin list
Yesterday, OFAC added the following person: LIBIEN TELLA, Naim, Paseo San Carlos 319, Fracc. San Carlos, Metepec, Mexico 52140, Mexico; Vicente Guerrero 304, Toluca, Mexico 50110, Mexico; Paseo...
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December 14, 2015: OSFI implements 1 delisting, 14 changes from UN Al-Qaida...
On Monday, Canadian regulators implemented two sets of changes from the United Nations Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee. First, they removed the following person from their sanctions list QDi.205 Name: 1:...
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December 17, 2015: SECO updates Al-Qaida/Bin Laden/Taliban sanctions listings
Yesterday, Swiss regulators issued amendments to the following listings under their anti-terror sanctions: SSID: 10-13501 Foreign identifier: QI.A.12.01. Name: Nashwan Abd Al-Razzaq Abd Al-Baqi DOB:...
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December 17, 2015: UN, DFAT add 2 to Central African Republic sanctions
On Thursday, Australian regulators added the following 2 persons to their Consolidated List, based on their designation by the United Nations Central African Republic Sanctions Committee: CFi.007 Name:...
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December 18, 2015: EU, HMT removes 3 from Syria sanctions
Last Friday, Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) implemented Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/2350 by removing the following person: HAMSHO, Samir DOB: 01/03/1972. a.k.a: (1) HAMCHO, Samir (2)...
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One way or another, you will hear about the latest FATF advisories in Canada
Both FINTRAC and OSFI posted copies of the latest FATF pronouncements about deficient jurisdictions (OSFI links to FINTRAC's advisory). Here's the meat of the advisory – kind of lengthy, but that's...
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December 18, 2015: OFAC add to Burundi, Central African Republic sanctions...
On Friday, added the following 2 persons to the Central African Republic sanctions list: GAYE, Haroun (a.k.a. GAYE, Aroun; a.k.a. GEYE, Aroun; a.k.a. GUAYE, Haroun; a.k.a. GUEYE, Haroun), Bangui,...
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December 21, 2015: OFAC Updates Cuba Program FAQ
In particular, questions 57-61 regarding insurance were updated: 57. Are insurers that are persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction allowed to provide travel insurance to persons subject to U.S....
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OFAC tries hard to get Moscow’s attention…
OFAC today added to the Ukraine-related sanctions program – both on the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN) and Sectoral Sanctions Identification (SSI) List. First, the people added to the SDN...
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December 18, 2015: Remember, HMT is short-staffed during the holidays
Yes, Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) did previously issue a notice that they would be operating with a smaller staff during the holidays. But, here it is again: Financial Sanctions: Christmas and New Year...
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December 11, 2015: Financial Sanctions Alert from Central Bank of Ireland
This is the section about the latest updates: IRAN There have been changes made to the EU Restrictive Measures concerning Iran. Please see links below setting out the changes to the existing...
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December 22, 2015: SECO adds a pair to Central African Republic sanctions
On Tuesday, Swiss regulators added the following people: SSID: 300-33497 Name: Gaye Haroun DOB: a) 30 Jan 1968 b) 30 Jan 1969 Good quality a.k.a.: a) Haroun Geye b) Aroun Gaye c) Aroun Geye Address:...
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Back in the Day: Adam Szubin blogs about sanctions (section 1)
Back in mid-2014, when he was merely the OFAC Director (he has since been promoted to Acting Undersecretary of the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, or TFI), Adam Szubin wrote two blog...
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December 13, 2015: HK SFC AML/CTF Circular
The December 13th circular by the Hong Kong Securites and Futures Commission notified firms of three changes: changes to the US Executive Order 13224 sanctions lists, changes to UN Al-Qaida Sanctions...
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Happy New Year’s Eve! OFAC publishes Cyber-Related Sanctions Regulations
On New Year's Eve, OFAC published 31 CFR Part 578, aka the Cyber-Related Sanctions Regulations. The OFAC notice notes that these are interim, and that they expect that more comprehensive regulations...
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December 30-31, 2015: UN, DFAT, OSFI update one Al-Qaida listing
To close out the year, the United Nations updated the following ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee (recently renamed) listing: QDi.365 Name: 1: AKHMED 2: RAJAPOVICH 3: CHATAEV 4: na Name...
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Happy New Year! Want to become a UN sanctions expert?
The United Nations has a neat page explaining who gets to work supporting the Sanctions Committees: The Security Council Affairs Division (SCAD) assists the Security Council in carrying out its...
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December 29, 2015: The effects of being short-staffed…
Apparently, the guy who makes up the nice sanctions update notices was on holiday… Financial Sanctions: Central African Republic Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 imposing financial sanctions against...
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January 5, 2016: Remember that threadbare HMT Central African Republic...
Remember that HMT told you they were short-staffed during the holiday, then issued a notice that an update would be forthcoming for the Central African Republic sanctions program, providing only a link...
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