Erich Ferrari December 13, 2011 Is OFAC’s SDN Search Tool Accurate? Last week the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) introduced a new search tool…
Erich Ferrari November 10, 2011 New OFAC Civil Penalties Announced Yesterday, the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the settlement of two matters…
Erich Ferrari November 3, 2011 Syrian Sanctions Hurting Ordinary Citizens and Syrian-Americans There have been a number of recent news articles describing the impact sanctions against Syria are having both on ordinary…
Erich Ferrari November 3, 2011 State Department Official Speaks on Conflict Diamonds Yesterday, JCK Magazine published an interview with Brad Brooks-Rubin, the United States Department of State Special Advisor on Conflict Diamonds,…
Erich Ferrari October 22, 2011 OFAC Releases Guidance on Central Bank of Southern Sudan There have been a lot of questions over recent months concerning the Impact of U.S. economic sanctions imposed upon the…
Erich Ferrari May 3, 2011 Bin Laden’s Death May Mark A Need For Increased Bank Vigilance Due to the death of Osama Bin Laden, a number of experts in the anti-money laundering field are predicting heightened…
Erich Ferrari April 13, 2011 North vs. South; OFAC Not Sanctioning Southern Sudan Yesterday, the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued guidance stating that the Sudanese…
Erich Ferrari April 8, 2011 OFAC Speaking Events in April 2011 I will be speaking on OFAC related matters several times over the next month. On April 18th I will be…
Erich Ferrari March 25, 2011 Diamonds Are Forever……Sanctioned The title of this blog is not necessarily true, however, there has been quite a buzz recently in the world…
Erich Ferrari July 7, 2010 World Check “Designates” Terrorist Years Before OFAC Does Earlier today one of the largest databases of blocked persons on the Internet, World Check, issued a press release stating…