<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/cuba-people-to-people-exchanges-begin-this-week/"></div>This week “people-to-people” trips to Cuba, banned since 2003, will resume pursuant to changes in the Cuba sanctions program made by the Obama administration in January of this year. However, some people to people tour organizers have had to postpone their tours due to concerns over compliance with the new laws. The most oft-cited example […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt
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<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/reuters-exclusive-on-somali-sanctions-and-ofac/"></div>Yesterday, Reuters came out with an excellent article on the impact of sanctions on Somali pirates. From their article, it doesn’t sound as if sanctions are making that much of a difference in curbing the efforts of pirates off of the coast of Somalia from kidnapping and extorting those operating in the waters they patrol. […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-speaks-on-humanitarian-assistance-in-somalia-and-al-shabaab/"></div>At the beginning of last week myself and a number of journalists, most notably Josh Gerstein at Politico who forwarded me some very useful statements, wrote about the policy the U.S. government was adopting towards U.S. persons who may potentially violate sanctions for providing money to sanctions targeted persons in Somalia during the course of […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-de-lists-a-number-of-sdns/"></div>Today The United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has removed sanctions on a large number of individuals and entities placed on OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals List pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 12978. E.O. 12978 was issued on October 21, 1995 to target for sanctioning narcotics traffickers located in Columbia. […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/u-s-will-not-prosecute-those-providing-humanitarian-support-to-somalia/"></div>There are reports coming out today that senior administration officials have announced a policy that those providing humanitarian relief to Somalia which falls into the hands of al-Shabaab will not be prosecuted. This guidance is meant to alleviate the fears of those providing aid to the region which is currently suffering from severe famine. This […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/weighing-in-the-cuba-travel-debate/"></div>Over the past few weeks there have been a number of articles regarding travel to Cuba and whether certain activities are allowed and which travel agencies and services providers are permitted to arrange and book travel to Cuba. A lot of misinformation has been published in recent months regarding travel to Cuba and many travel […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-takes-aim-at-al-shabaab/"></div>Today the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has designated two men believed to be linked to the foreign terrorist organization al-Shabaab. Omar Hammami and Hassan Mahat Omar were both designated pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13536, which targets for sanctions individuals and entities engaging in acts that directly […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/new-anti-terrorism-designations/"></div>As announced today, there have been new individuals designated pursuant to Executive Order 13224 as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT). The result of this designation is that the designated parties will have all of their assets under U.S. jurisdiction blocked. Moreover, U.S. persons, wherever located, will be prohibited from engaging in transactions with these individuals. […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/sanctions-spree-obama-issues-sanctions-against-criminal-organizations/"></div>Yesterday, President Obama issued an executive order which imposes sanctions upon transnational criminal organizations. Among those organizations targeted for sanctions are the Brothers’ Circle, Los Zetas, Yakuza, and Camorra. This is the third time this year President Obama has imposed an entirely new category of sanctions. The first two sets of sanctions issued by President […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/iran-air-2011-flying-the-friendly-skies/"></div>Much ado was made last month when the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated Iran Air as a Specially Designated National (“SDN”) under the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators sanctions program. At first, many people were concerned that OFAC’s designation of Iran Air would prevent U.S. persons from […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter