Visa Restrictions Against Cuban Officials PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE JANUARY 6, 2022Share Due to harsh and unjust sentences handed down to peaceful protesters, the Department of State today took steps to impose visa restrictions on eight Cuban officials implicated in attempts to silence the voices of […]
Ricardo Martinelli Linares follows in his brother’s footsteps… to incarceration OFAC Enforcement Action: Airbnb Payments violates CACR
The settlement: $91,172.29 (what’s with the pennies?). The base penalty: $364,689. For over 6500 violations of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) – voluntarily self-disclosed and non-egregious, which reduced the penalty from the maximum of $600,601,408 to 1/2 the value of each transaction. As OFAC says, this action relates to […]
Today, OFAC removed the following parties from the counter-narcotics, Kingpin Act and/or Cuba sanctions programs: NORIEGA, Manuel Antonio, Panama (individual) [CUBA]. SIEIRO DE NORIEGA, Felicidad, Panama (individual) [CUBA]. HERRERA BUITRAGO, Helmer (a.k.a. “H7”; a.k.a. “PACHO”), Cali, Colombia; DOB 24 Aug 1951; alt. DOB 05 Jul 1951; Cedula No. 16247821 (Colombia); […]
Announcement of Visa Restrictions Against Cuban Officials PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE NOVEMBER 30, 2021Share In the wake of the Cuban regime’s actions targeting peaceful demonstrators on November 15, the Department of State has imposed visa restrictions on nine Cuban officials implicated in attempts to silence the voices […]
OFAC has removed the following persons: DJOGO, Jovan; POB Kalinovik, Bosnia-Herzegovina (individual) [BALKANS].KRAJISNIK, Momcilo; DOB 20 Jan 1945; POB Zabrdje, Bosnia-Herzegovina; ICTY indictee (individual) [BALKANS].NIKOLIC, Dragan; DOB 26 Apr 1957; POB Vlasenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina; ICTY indictee (individual) [BALKANS]. from the Western Balkans sanctions program, and the following cargo vessel: HERMANN (CL2685) […]
Yesterday, OFAC added the following individuals: GONZALEZ BRITO, Andres Laureano (Latin: GONZÁLEZ BRITO, Andrés Laureano), Havana, Cuba; DOB 04 Jul 1954; POB Barajagua, Las Villas, Cuba; alt. POB Barajagua, Cienfuegos, Cuba; nationality Cuba; Gender Male; Chief, Central Army (individual) [GLOMAG]. JIMENEZ GONZALEZ, Abelardo (a.k.a. JIMENEZ GONZALEZ, Roberto Abelardo), Infanta 1506 […]
Sanctioning Cuban Officials in Response to Violence against Peaceful Protestors PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 13, 2021Share In recent weeks, the United States imposed sanctions on Cuban military and security leaders and units in response to the Cuban regime’s violent suppression of peaceful protesters on and […]
Today, OFAC added the following person: AL HABSI, Mahmood Rashid Amur (a.k.a. AL HABSI, Mahmood Rashid Amer; a.k.a. AL-HABSI, Mahmood; a.k.a. AL-HABSI, Mahmud bin Rashid), Muscat, Oman; DOB 15 Jul 1984; POB Muscat, Oman; nationality Oman; Additional Sanctions Information – Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Gender Male; Passport 03785555 (Oman); National […]
Additional Licensing OFAC Specific Licenses For prohibited transactions not otherwise authorized by OFAC general licenses, OFAC considers specific license requests on a case-by-case basis and will prioritize license applications, compliance questions, and other requests that may concern internet freedom in Cuba. Consistent with U.S. foreign policy, OFAC has a favorable […]
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