New OFAC SDN Designations for Libya and Terrorism
The United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has recently designated two (2) individuals and…
Libya Sanctions Put Into Effect
Last Friday President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order leveling sanctions against the Government of Libya, its agencies, instrumentalities, and…
OFAC Publishes the Iranian Human Rights Abuses Sanctions Regulations
Last September, President Obama issued Executive Order 13553 which called for the identification and targeting for sanctions of parties engaged…
OFAC Kingpin SDN Designations Come Pouring In
Today the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated a number of individuals under…
OFAC SDN List Screening Clarifications
Last week the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) provided some guidance on their…
SDN Designations for IRISL’s Attorneys?
Over the past few months South China Morning Post has been writing extensively on the international efforts to financially isolate…
OFAC Busy Designating Entities Under WMD Sanctions
Today the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated twenty six (26) entities under…
OFAC issues Cote d’Ivoire SDN Designations
The United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated former Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)…
An OFAC State of Mind
While conducting some year end office cleaning, I found a copy of correspondence that took place during the investigation of…
Embassy Rangoon Requests OFAC Designation
In a cable released by Wikileaks, dating from the summer of 2009, the U.S. embassy in Rangoon, Burma recommended that…