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January 7, 2016: OFAC starts the year in style
OFAC waited until almost a week into the New Year, but didn't disappoint, with a slew of changes to the counter-terrorism & counter-narcotics programs. First, they added the following person:...
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January 7, 2015: EU, HMT remove 1, change a bunch of Al-Qaida sanctions listings
Yesterday, Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) implemented Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/13, by removing the following person from its Al-Qaida sanctions program: YOUSEF, Rafik, Mohamad DOB:...
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December 18, 2015: HK SFC AML/CTF Circular
Only about a week since the previous circular, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (HK SFC) issued another AML/CTF circular to publicize changes to the lists published by the United Nations...
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How one gets delisted by the United Nations Sanctions Committees
The focal point for getting delisted by one of the UN's sanctions committees is called, amazingly enough, the “Focal Point for De-Listing”: The Focal Point for De-listing, established pursuant to...
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Sanctions 101, Part 2
Here is the second “Sanctions 101” blog post that Adam Szubin penned in 2014 when he was still OFAC Director: Do sanctions change behavior? They certainly can. Targeted financial sanctions apply...
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January 12, 2016: UN, DFAT, OSFI remove ABD AL WAHAB ABD AL HAFIZ from...
Yesterday, Australian and Canadian regulators removed the following person from their anti-terror sanctions: QDi.157 Name: 1: ABD AL WAHAB 2: ABD AL HAFIZ 3: na 4: na Name (original script): عبد الوهاب...
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December 30, 2015: HK SFC AML/CFT Circular
This end of year circular from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission is a small one, just pointing firms to an updated Central African Republic sanctions list. Links: HK SFC Notice HK SFC...
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January 16, 2016: OFAC’s JCPOA Statement and related documents
JCPOA Implementation 1/16/2016 Implementation Day Statement: On July 14, 2015, the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States), the European Union, and Iran...
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January 17, 2016: HK SFC Iran Sanctions Circular
Anti-Money Laundering / Counter-Terrorist Financing United Nations Sanctions (Iran) (Amendment) Regulation 2016 United Nations Sanctions (Iran) (Amendment) Regulation 2016 (“Amendment Regulation”) made...
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January 18, 2016: Notice to Exporters 2016/05 – the end of the Iran...
Notice to Exporters: 2016/05: EU ends economic and financial nuclear-related sanctions against Iran 18 January 2016 On 16 January 2016, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed to the...
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January 18, 2016: HMT issues Implementation Day changes to Iran sanctions
Her Majesty's Treasury, in addition to documenting the delisting of 34 persons and 298 entities, explains, from a legislative standpoint, what happened when Implementation Day occured this weekend: 1....
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January 19, 2016: SECO documents its Iran sanctions changes
Courtesy of Google Translate: The Federal Council decided on 14/02/2007 coercive measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran and issued a corresponding decree. With this Regulation, Switzerland has...
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January 15, 2016: HMT renews TAFA Final Designation for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
On Friday, Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) renewed the Final Designation for the following person: MOHAMMED, Khalid, Sheikh DOB: (1) 01/03/1964. (2) 14/04/1965. POB: (1) Kuwait (2) Pakistan a.k.a: (1)...
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Executive Order 13599 List added to Watchlists page
Both in PDF and Text form. Still trying to figure out why this couldn't have been done in the SDN List – the reasoning is probably buried in the FAQs somwhere. In the meantime, though, the separate...
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January 17, 2016: Busy weekend for OFAC
On Sunday, OFAC added the following persons: CHEN, Mingfu; DOB 30 Apr 1980; POB Anhui, China; citizen China; Additional Sanctions Information – Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Passport G22168109...
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January 19, 2016: Short and Sweet Iran Sanctions Relief from DFAT
UNCLASSIFIED Notice of Changes to the Consolidated List Iran sanctions changes In light of the provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015), the UN has revoked its listing of...
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January 19, 2016: SECO amends ISIS financier under Al Qaida/Bin Laden/Taliban...
On Tuesday, Swiss authorities amended the listing for an ISIS financier: SSID: 10-14435 Foreign identifier: QI.A.276.10. Name: Akram Turki Hishan Al-Mazidih DOB: a) 1974 b) 1975 Good quality a.k.a.:...
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January 21, 2016: OFAC adds ISIL Khorasan to terrorism sanctions
On Thursday, OFAC designated: ISIL KHORASAN (a.k.a. ISIL'S SOUTH ASIA BRANCH; a.k.a. ISIS WILAYAT KHORASAN; a.k.a. ISLAMIC STATE'S KHORASAN PROVINCE; a.k.a. SOUTH ASIAN CHAPTER OF ISIL), Afghanistan;...
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January 21, 2016: UN, OSFI amend one Al-Qaida sanctions listing
Canadian regulators instituted the following amendments, made by the UN's Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, to the following listing: QDi.276 Name: 1: AKRAM 2: TURKI 3: HISHAN 4: AL-MAZIDIH Name (original...
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January 21, 2016: UN, OSFI removes Bank Sepah from Iran sanctions
On Thursday, Canadian regulators followed the action of the United Nations Iran (2231) Sanctions Committee and removed the following listing: IRe.007 Name: BANK SEPAH AND BANK SEPAH INTERNATIONAL...
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