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Frozen Assets Reporting (2016) If you hold or control funds or economic resources belonging to, owned, held, or controlled by a designated person you are required to submit a report to the...
View ArticleSeptember 15, 2016: SECO changes to terror sanctions
Last Thursday, Swiss authorities amended the details of the following 2 persons: SSID: 10-31155 Foreign identifier: QDi.353 Name: Ali ben Taher ben Faleh Ouni Harzi DOB: 9 Mar 1986 POB: Ariana,...
View ArticleSeptember 15, 2016: OFAC adds 2 to terror rolls
Last Thursday, OFAC added the following 2 persons to their counter-terrorism sanctions program: ALHMIDAN, Mohamad Alsaied (a.k.a. AL HAMIDAN, Mohamad Alsaied; a.k.a. ALHEMEDAN, Mohamad Alsaeed; a.k.a....
View ArticleSeptember 15, 2016: UN, OSFI update terror sanctions (DFAT, too)
Last Thursday, Canadian officials amended the following 2 individual listings: QDi.353 Name: 1: ALI 2: BEN TAHER 3: BEN FALEH 4: OUNI HARZIName (original script): علي بن الطاھر بن الفالح العوني...
View ArticleCan you spell egregious? OFAC can…
PanAmerican Seed Company just uprooted $4,320,000 from its coffers (from a $12 million base penalty, which is also the statutory maximum) for 48 shipments of seed, through intermediaries, to Iranian...
View ArticleAll together now: EU-wide ISIL and Al-Qaida designations
20/9/2016 | PRESS RELEASE Fight against terrorism: EU strengthens its legal arsenal against ISIL/Da’esh and Al-Qaida On 20 September 2016, the Council adopted a legal framework which, for...
View Article1 new OFAC terror sanctioned entity
Today, OFAC added the following organization to its counter terrorism sanctions program: JUND AL-AQSA (a.k.a. SARAYAT AL-QUDS; a.k.a. SOLDIERS OF AL-AQSA; a.k.a. THE SOLDIERS OF AQSA; a.k.a. “JAA”),...
View ArticleSECO removes a slew of Iraq sanctions listings
Today, Swiss authorities delisted the following Iraq sanctions program listings: SSID: 70-1978 Name: Al-Hilal Industrial Company Address: Alwiya, Al-Za’Faraniya, P.O.Box 2147, Baghdad, Iraq...
View ArticleSeptember 16, 2016: OFAC Counter Terrorism Changes Confuse Mr. watchlist
On Friday, OFAC sent out an email about an item on their Recent Actions page. It says, in part: PLEASE NOTE: Users of the NS-PLC list should be aware that a name that appears on the NS-PLC list was...
View ArticleSeptember 14, 2016: UN, DFAT remove Iraq sanctions listings
Yesterday, Australian officials removed the following: IQe.009 Name: AL-HILAL INDUSTRIAL COMPANY A.k.a.: na F.k.a.: na Address: P.O. Box 2147, Alwiya, Al-Za’Faraniya, Baghdad, Iraq Listed on: 26 Apr....
View ArticleOFAC Enforcement Action: $43,200 CMP for World Class Technology Corp.
The firm committed 7 apparent violations of the Iranian Transaction Sanctions Regulations (ITSR) when it shipped orthodontic devices that ended up in Iran. The value of the devices was $59.886, and the...
View ArticleSeptember 14, 2016: EU, HMT make ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida sanctions changes
Yesterday, Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) implemented Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1683 by amending the following counter terrorism sanctions listings: OUNI HARZI Ali Ben Taher Ben...
View ArticleSeptember 15, 2016: OFAC Plays Catch Up: 3 Quarterly 2015 TSRA Reports Released
I was wondering why OFAC seemed so behind on those licensing activities reports. But at least they’re catching up – on September 15th, they released the reports for the last 3 quarters of 2015. Links:...
View ArticleSeptember 22, 2016: You’ve got mail fraud!
Yesterday, OFAC designated the following people: BOIVIN, Marie (a.k.a. BOIVIN, Marie Claude), 13 Beechgrove Gardens, Stittsville, Ottawa, Ontario K25 1W5, Canada; 2571 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario...
View ArticleSeptember 22, 2016: Colonel Taher Juwadi removed from EU, HMT Libya sanctions
Yesterday, Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) implemented Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1687 by removing the following person: Colonel JUWADI Taher Title: Colonel Position: Fourth in...
View ArticleSeptember 23, 2016: OFAC adds 4 new Kingpins!
On Friday, OFAC added the following persons: IMPERIAL CASTRO, Eliseo (a.k.a. “CHEYO ANTRAX”), Mexico; DOB 17 Jan 1984; POB Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; citizen Mexico; Gender Male; R.F.C. IECE840117RCA...
View ArticleSeptember 23, 2016: EU, HMT update Iraq sanctions listings
On Friday, Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) implemented Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1695 by removing the following 19 entities from the Iraq sanctions program: AL-HILAL INDUSTRIAL...
View ArticleSeptember 17, 2016: Finnish regulatory update
On Saturday, September 17th, Finnish regulators issued a summary of recent EU sanctions regulatory changes: Financial sanctions The situation in Ukraine Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1671 Council...
View ArticleAugust 30, 2016: Finnish regulatory update
On August 30th, Finnish regulators issued a regulatory update of sanctions regulations issued by the European Union: Financial sanctions MARC organization (Daesh) and the Al-Qaida organization...
View ArticleSeptember 26, 2016: OFAC adds to the NPWMD sanctions
Last Monday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added to the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (NPWMD) sanctions listings by adding 4 persons: HONG, Jinhua, China; DOB 19 Jan...
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