OFAC Gets Into the Swing of Things; More Libya Designations
It seems that everyday over the past few weeks I have been getting calls pertaining to the new Libya Sanctions.…
OFAC Designates Two North Korean Entities
The United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has designated both Korea Daesong Bank and…
President Obama Continues Emergency as to Alleged Narcotics Traffickers
Last Thursday President Obama continued the international emergency first declared in a 1995 executive order which paved the way for…
More SDNs Removed
The United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has removed a number of individuals from…
Al-Haramain: OFAC Designation Based On Illegal Evidence?
No surprise to consistent readers of this blog that the court’s ruling in al-Haramain was a major blow to the…
Lots of New Removals from the SDN List
In a move that attorneys representing Specially Designated Nationals (“SDN”) can appreciate, the United States Department of the Treasury Office of…
OFAC Taking Aim At Global Terrorism
The United States Department of the Treasury Office of Assets Control (“OFAC”) for the second time in the past week…
Lose One Kingpin, OFAC Adds Seven More
Well unless you have been living under a rock–or simply just don’t follow the developments in Mexico’s drug war–Arturo Beltran…
There Are a Lot of New Kingpins
Call off the search party……I’m back. I apologize for being gone so long, but I have been busy moving my…
Three Turkish Nationals Hit With Kingpin Act Designations
Last week the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated three individuals as Specially…