The topic of the latest episode is that multiagency North Korea Ballistic Missile Procurement Advisory – what’s in it, who is it really targeted to (hint: it ain’t US persons), and what are the lessons it’s trying to impart, without hammering people over the head with it. Enjoy! Would appreciate […]
Industry Advisory on North Korea Ballistic Missile Procurement MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 Share Today, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security […]
If you strip out the introduction, the review of the sanctions authorities and the annex (a list of goods and components), you get a much more manageable text… Key North Korean Ballistic Missile Procurement Entities Many of the entities and individuals (including non-North Korean entities and individuals) supporting or providing […]
North Korea Ballistic Missile Procurement Advisory Release date 09/01/2020 Body The United States is issuing an advisory to alert industry worldwide to North Korea’s ballistic missile procurement activities. This advisory identifies key North Korean procurement entities and deceptive techniques employed by North Korean proliferators and procurement networks, provides an overview of U.S. […]
UK regulators today made changes pursuant to the passage of Council Implememting Regulation (EU) 2020/1129 to the following North Korea sanctions individual: 1. CHI BU CHON, Chon Chi Bu a.k.a: CHON,Chi-bu Position: MemberoftheGeneralBureauofAtomicEnergy.Other Information: Annex XV. EU listing. Not UN. Gender: male. Former technical director of Yongbyon. Photographs connected him […]
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 23, 2020 United States Files Complaint to Forfeit More Than $2.37 Million From Companies Accused of Laundering Funds to Benefit Sanctioned North Korean Entities The United States has filed a complaint to forfeit $2,372,793, announced the Department of […]
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Columbia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 23, 2020 United States Files Complaint to Forfeit More Than $2.37 Million From Companies Accused of Laundering Funds to Benefit Sanctioned North Korean Entities WASHINGTON – The United States has […]
The recent enforcement action against Essentra FZE also come with a settlement agreement. However, although a link is posted on the Recent Actions page, you can’t get to it from the list of enforcement actions OFAC maintains. The settlement is posted below – and adds some additional detail of the […]
Published today on KYC360, Amazon: Prime Time for Penalties is my latest. It goes beyond the facial failures and tries to dig a little deeper – like, why did they not catch references to Yalta? Did they not have geographic place name data? Was the reference in a data element […]
Today, OFAC announced that Essentra FZE settled apparent violations of the Norht Korea Sanctions Regulations for $665,112. This represented a discount from the base penalty of $923,766 for egregious, not voluntarily self-disclosed violations, but was almost double the value of the goods involved ($333,272). What Essenta FZE did In early […]
