Today, OFAC added the following entities: KOREA CHOLSAN GENERAL TRADING CORPORATION (Cyrillic: ГЕНЕРАЛЬНАЯ ТОРГОВАЯ КОМПАНИЯ ЧХОЛСАН КНДР) (a.k.a. CHKHOLSAN; a.k.a. CHOLSAN TRADING COMPANY; a.k.a. CHOLSON LLC (Cyrillic: OOO ЧХОЛСАН)), Russia; Tongdaewon District, Pyongyang, Korea, North; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions Prohibited For Persons […]
New episode Hup, Two, Three, Four! – all about Executive Order 13959, the new Chinese Military Companies sanctions order. Some parts of the EO are kind of unique, and I wonder about the implementation details. The geopolitics of the sanctions program are kind of thought-provoking, too – because, you know, […]
Commemoration of the Massacre of Mahshahr and Designation of Iranian Officials Due to Involvement in Gross Violations of Human Rights PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE NOVEMBER 18, 2020 Share One year ago, the Iranian regime killed as many as 148 Iranian civilians in Mahshahr, while imposing digital […]
State Department Designates Two Senior Al-Shabaab Leaders as Terrorists PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE NOVEMBER 17, 2020 Share Today, the Department of State has designated Abdullahi Osman Mohamed and Maalim Ayman, senior leaders of al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based al-Qa’ida affiliate, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under section […]
Today, OFAC added the following persons: ALAVI, Mahmoud (a.k.a. ALAVI, Seyed Mahmoud; a.k.a. ALAVI, Seyyed Mahmoud (Arabic: سید محمود علوی)), Iran; DOB 24 Apr 1954; POB Lamard, Fars Province, Iran; nationality Iran; Additional Sanctions Information – Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Gender Male (individual) [IRAN-HR] (Linked To: IRANIAN MINISTRY OF INTELLIGENCE […]
Today, OFAC added the following 2 persons: AYMAN, Maalim (a.k.a. ABDI, Nuh Ibrahim; a.k.a. ALI, Abdiaziz Dubow; a.k.a. AYMAN, Ma’alim; a.k.a. AYMAN, Mo’alim; a.k.a. “KABO, Ayman”), Kenya; Badamadow, Lower Juba Region, Somalia; DOB 1973; alt. DOB 1983; POB Kenya; Gender Male (individual) [SDGT]. MOHAMED, Abdullahi Osman (a.k.a. “ADDE, Dhega”; a.k.a. “ISMAIL, […]
OFAC replaced Venezuela General License 8F with 8G – the new deadline for authorized transactions is June 3, 2021. Remember, this is the GL which authorizes transactions for Chevron, Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes and Weatherford International (and their subsidiaries, of course). Links: OFAC Notice General License 8G
Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies Issued on: November 12, 2020 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 […]
Pursuant to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1696, UK regulators today updated the following 16 individual designations: 1. REVEROL TORRES, Nestor Luis DOB: 28/10/1964. Position: (1) Minister for Interior, Justice and Peace since 2016 (2) Vice-President of Public Works and Services and Executive Secretary of the Electrical General Staff since April […]
Designation of Iranian Procurement Networks PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE NOVEMBER 11, 2020 Share On November 10, 2020 the Department of the Treasury designated an international network of six companies and four individuals for facilitating the procurement of sensitive goods, including U.S.-origin electronic components, for Iran Communications […]
