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April 12, 2018: EU extends Iran human rights sanctions for a year
Iran: Council extends by one year sanctions responding to serious human rights violation On 12 April 2018, the Council extended until 13 April 2019 its restrictive measures responding to serious human...
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A side effect of CAATSA you may not have known about…
CAATSA (the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act) passed in 2016 modified two Ukraine-related laws, UFSA & SSIDES. UFSA’s secondary sanctions on foreign financial institutions...
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HKMA Fraud Alert: Another Bank of China website
Press Releases Fraudulent website related to Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members of the public to a press release issued by Bank of China...
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April 12, 2018: HK SFC AML/CTF Circular – Early Alert on UN Sanctions
Circular to Licensed Corporations and Associated Entities Anti-Money Laundering / Counter-Terrorist Financing Early Alert on United Nations Sanctions The sanctions committee of the United Nations...
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April 12, 2018: SECO amends one Al-Qaida/bin Laden/Taliban listing
On April 12th, Swiss authorities amended the following counter-terrorism sanctions listing: SSID: 10-19042 Foreign identifier: TI.O.4.01. Name: Mohammed Omar Ghulam Nabi Title: Mullah DOB: a) 1966...
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April 12, 2018: UN, OSFI update one on terror list
On April 12th, Canadian regulators implemented the changes to the following individual designation: TAi.004 Name: 1: MOHAMMED 2: OMAR 3: GHULAM NABI 4: naName (original script): محمد عمر غلام...
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April 16, 2018: EU, HMT amend one DRC sanctions listing
On April 16th, Her Majesy’s Treasury (HMT) implemented Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/566 by amending the following Democratic Republic of the Congo listing: MUPOMPA Alex Kande DOB:...
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April 20, 2018: EU, HMT add 4 to DPRK sanctions
Last Friday, Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) implemented Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/602 By adding the following 4 persons to the sanctions against North Korea: 1. DJANG Tcheul Hy DOB:...
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April 17, 2018: UN, DFAT modify one Taliban sanctions listing
Last Tuesday, Australian regulators implemented the following amendment: TAi.004 Name: 1: MOHAMMED 2: OMAR 3: GHULAM NABI 4: na محمد عمر غلام نبی :(script original (Name Title: Mullah Designation:...
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OFAC adds 1, updates 1 Ukraine/Russia General License, + FAQs
Today, OFAC issued a new General License for the Ukraine/Russia-related sanctions program. General License 14 authorizes transactions that are “ordinarily incident and necessary to the maintenance or...
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April 13, 2018: EU, HMT amend Iran human rights sanctions listings
On April 13th, Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) implemented Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/565 by amending the following individual: 1. ABBASZADEH-MESHKINI Mahmoud Position: Secretary of...
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April 12, 2018: OFAC Director resigns
Director John Smith Departing the Office of Foreign Assets Control APRIL 12, 2018 Washington – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that John E. Smith will be leaving his position as...
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April 24, 2018: SECO updates a bunch of Iran designations
On Tuesday, Swiss authorities amended the following individual Iran sanctions listings: SSID: 80-13066 Foreign identifier: 1. Name: Ahmadi-Moqaddam Esmail DOB: 1961 POB: Tehran, Iran Justification:...
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April 24, 2018: SECO amends 1 Yemeni listing
On Tuesday, Swiss officials updated the following individual Yemen sanctions listing: SSID: 85-29644 Foreign identifier: YEi.003 Name: Ali Abdullah Saleh Sex: M DOB: a) 21 Mar 1945 b) 21 Mar 1946 c) 21...
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April 24, 2018: SECO amends two Congo designations
On Tuesday, Swiss regulators amdended the following pairs of sanctions designations made under the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sanctions program: SSID: 100-38167 Name: Mupompa Alex Kande...
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April 12, 2018: HKMA says sanctions compliance is for Stored Value...
Our Ref.: B10/21C 12 April 2018 The Chief Executive All Stored Value Facility Licensees Dear Sir/Madam, Sanctions Screening Systems I am writing to reiterate some important regulatory requirements by...
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April 12, 2018: Feedback from HKMA Sanctions Screening Review
On April 12th, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued a memorandum relating the feedback from its recent review of Authorized Institutions’ (AI) sanctions screening. Here’s the meat of the feedback –...
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April 26, 2018: EU extends Myanmar arms embargo, readies sanctions framework
Myanmar/Burma: EU extends and strengthens its arms embargo, and adopts a framework for targeted measures against officials responsible for serious human rights violations On 26 April, the Council...
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April 26, 2018: UN, DFAT amend 1 Yemen listing
Last Thursday, Australian officials adopted the changes to the following Yemen sanctions listing: YEi.003 Name: 1: ALI 2: ABDULLAH 3: SALEH 4: na Name (original script) الله عبد علي صالح Title: na...
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April 26, 2018: OFAC removes 2, amends 1 narcotics sanctions listings
Last Thursday, OFAC removed the following 2 counter narcotics sanctions listings for one entity: ENVIGADO FUTBOL CLUB S.A. (a.k.a. ENVIGADO F.C.), Carrera 48 No. 46 Sur 150, Envigado, Antioquia,...
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