• November 4, 2024

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OFAC Issues Kingpin Act Designations; Places Individuals and Entities on

<div class="at-above-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-issues-kingpin-act-designations-places-individuals-and-entities-on-the-sdn-list/"></div>The United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated seven individuals and one entity under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). These individuals are: Nicandro Barrera Medrano, Servando Gomez Martinez, Dionico Loya Plancarte, Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, Nazario Moreno Gonzalez, Enrique Plancarte Solis, and Jose Arnoldo […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_

OFAC And The Haystack

<div class="at-above-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-and-the-haystack/"></div>I read and commented on an interesting Op-Ed by Richard Cohen of the New York Times today. The Op-Ed discussed how the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), has still not released any guidance on whether or not they will allow for a computer software program known as Haystack […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_

Linked In Leaving Iranian Americans Left Out

<div class="at-above-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/linked-in-leaving-iranian-americans-left-out/"></div>I received a call last night from a concerned Iranian-American acquaintance of mine who had some questions about the Iranian Transactions Regulations (“ITR”). His questions stemmed from the fact that the social networking site Linked In has made it so that the drop down menus in the education section of their profiles do not contain […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_

Belarus Sanctions Added to Code of Federal Regulations

<div class="at-above-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/belarus-sanctions-added-to-code-of-federal-regulations/"></div>A few weeks ago, the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), added a new part to Chapter V of Title 31 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations. That part, codified at 31 C.F.R. Part 548, constitutes the Belarus Sanctions Regulations. These regulations were promulgated in order to […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt

Undeterred by Snowstorm, OFAC Designates Iranians

<div class="at-above-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/undeterred-by-snowstorm-ofac-designates-iranians/"></div>I was quite surprised to find out that the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated one Iranian individual and four Iranian entities under the Non-Proliferation sanctions program on a day when the federal offices were closed in Washington. As many of you already know, we have been slammed […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_

OFAC Hits Balli Group PLC and Balli Aviation With A

<div class="at-above-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-hits-balli-group-plc-and-balli-aviation-with-a-massive-penalty/"></div>I know I’m starting to sound like a broken record here, but the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) is upping the ante when it comes to the dollar amounts of the fines they issue. As I have discussed over the past year, OFAC has been levying bigger and […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_