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June 1, 2016: OFAC singles out Felix Maduro Group in policy statement
On June 1, OFAC took the unusual step of issuing the following statement on its Recent Actions page: On May 5, 2016, the United States Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control...
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July 6, 2016: EU, HMT update ISIL/Al-Qaida listings
Yesterday, Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) implemented Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1063 by making changes to 11 individual and 5 entity designations made under the ISIL (Da’esh) and...
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July 6, 2016: SECO updates Al-Qaida/Bin Laden/Taliban sanctions listings
Yesterday, Swiss authorities removed the following person: SSID: 10-16779 Foreign identifier: QI.S.260.08. Name: Daniel Martin Schneider DOB: 9 Sep 1985 POB: Neunkirchen (Saar), Germany Low quality...
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July 1, 2016: Kingpin General License 4 updated again
General License 4 for the Kingpin Act sanctions authorized transactions, broadly, for the Panamanian Mall and its associated complex, Soho Panama, as long as you steer clear of designated parties. 4C...
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June 17, 2016: OFAC publishes 2 more TSRA Licensing Activities Reports
The two reports, officially called “Quarterly Reports of Licensing Activities pursuant to Section 906(b) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (TSRA)“, cover the 4th quarter...
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Today’s lucky OFAC numbers: 43, 50
On Friday, OFAC added 2 new items to its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document for the Cuban sanctions program: 43. May the U.S. dollar be used to conduct transactions in Cuba or with Cuban...
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July 6-7: UN, DFAT, OSFI removed Daniel Martin Schneider from ISIL/Al-Qaida...
Last Wednesday/Thursday, Australian and Canadian regulators removed the following person from their sanctions lists: QDi.260 Name: 1: DANIEL 2: MARTIN 3: SCHNEIDER 4: na Title: na Designation: na DOB:...
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July 11, 2016: EU, HMT also delist Daniel Martin Schneider
Yesterday, Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) implemented Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1113 by removing the following person: SCHNEIDER, Daniel, Martin DOB: 09/09/1985. POB: Neunkirchen...
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Talk about your short notice…. OFAC!
On June 10th, OFAC announced that, due to lack of demand, it was terminating its fax on demand service – on June 10th! And I’d had a hankering for receiving my sanctions information slowly… Link: OFAC...
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July 13, 2016: OFAC adds 2 to anti-terror sanctions
On Monday, OFAC added the following 2 persons: BYUTUKAEV, Aslan Avgazarovich (a.k.a. BYUTUKAEV, Aslan; a.k.a. BYUTUKAYEV, Aslan; a.k.a. “CHECHENSKY, Khamzat”; a.k.a. “Hamzat”; a.k.a. “KHAMZAT, Amir”;...
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July 14, 2016: Parviz Khan Final Designation Expires
Yesterday, Her Majesty’s Treasury announced that the Final Designation of: KHAN, Parviz DOB: (1) 17/10/1970. (2) 16/10/1970. POB: (1) Mirpur (2) Derby, (1) Pakistan (2) United Kingdom Nationality:...
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OFAC Enforcement Action: HyperBranch Medical Technology, Inc.
The fine: $107,691.30 The statutory maximum: $1,129,912 The base penalty: $159,542 The firm, in 20111, shipped thousands of units of two sealant products to a distributor in the UAE with reason to...
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June 24, 2016: Finnish Regulatory Update
Financial sanctions The situation in Ukraine, Crimea and Sevastopol Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/982 extended restrictive measures until June 23, 2017 Export and import restrictions Liberia Council...
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July 18-19: UN, DFAT, OSFI remove Aschraf Al-Dagma from terror sanctions
Early late last week, Australian and Canadian regulators removed the following individual: QDi.132 Name: 1: ASCHRAF 2: AL-DAGMA 3: na 4: naName (original script): اشرف الدغمةTitle: na Designation: na...
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July 18, 2016: SECO amends one, removes one terror listing
Last Monday, Swiss regulators modified the following person’s listing: SSID: 10-16293 Foreign identifier: QI.M.129.03. Name: Djamel Moustfa DOB: 28 Sep 1973 POB: Tiaret, Algeria Low quality...
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July 20, 2016: OFAC adds 3 to terror list
Last Wednesday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added the following persons: AL-KHALIDI, Faisal Jassim Mohammed al-Amri (a.k.a. AL-KHALIDI, Faisal Jassim Mohammed al-Oamri; a.k.a....
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July 21, 2016: OFAC adds to Syria and NPWMD lists
On Thursday, OFAC added the following persons to its Syrian sanctions program: ALI, Aous (a.k.a. AL-ALI, Aous; a.k.a. ALI, Aus; a.k.a. ALI, Aws); DOB 15 Feb 1977; POB Damascus, Syria; citizen Syria...
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July 22, 2016: EU, HMT update terrorism listings
Well, I don’t know if this is a Brexit thing or what… On Friday, instead of publishing their own Notice and a link to the legislation (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1186), Her...
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July 22, 2016: SECO updates terror list
On July 22nd, Swiss regulators updated the following anti-terror listing: SSID: 10-28861 Foreign identifier: TI.R.172.14. Name: Qari RahmatRahmatullah Shah Nawaz Title: Alhaj DOB: a) 1981 b) 1982...
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July 21, 2016: UN, DFAT, OSFI amend one Taliban sanctions listing
Last Thursday, Australian regulators updated the following Taliban sanctions listing (Canadian regulators made their change on Monday, July 25th): TAi.172 Name: 1: QARI RAHMATULLAH 2: RAHMAT SHAH...
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