United States Targets the DPRK’s Ballistic Missile and Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 27, 2022Share The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK’s) series of escalatory ballistic missile launches – including six intercontinental ballistic missile tests this year alone – are in […]
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OFAC has added the following person: JONG, Yong Nam, Minsk, Belarus; DOB 26 Jan 1966; nationality Korea, North; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214; Passport PS […]
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Settlement Agreement between the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and Toll Holdings Limited 04/25/2022 The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced a settlement with Toll Holdings Limited (“Toll”), an international freight forwarding and logistics company headquartered in […]
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OFAC has added the following entities: HAPJANGGANG TRADING CORPORATION (Korean: 합장강무역회사), Korea, North; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214; Target Type State-Owned Enterprise [NPWMD] (Linked To: MINISTRY OF […]
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United States Imposes Sanctions on Iran’s Ballistic Missile-Related Activities PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 30, 2022 The United States is designating five Iranian individuals and entities for sanctions pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their means of […]
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OFAC has added the following person: HOSSEINI, Mohammad Ali (a.k.a. HOSEINI, Mohammad Ali; a.k.a. “HOSEINI, Mohammadali”; a.k.a. “HOSSENI, M. Ali”), Iran; DOB 16 Sep 1969; nationality Iran; Additional Sanctions Information – Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Gender Male; Passport U41608657 (Iran); National ID No. 0579705900 (Iran) (individual) [NPWMD] [IFSR] (Linked To: […]
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Issuance of Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Sanctions Regulations; Amendment of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations Release date 02/15/2022 The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is adding regulations to implement a November 12, 2020 Executive order related to securities investments that finance Communist Chinese military […]
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United States Designates Entities and Individuals Linked to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) Weapons Programs PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE JANUARY 12, 2022Share The United States has designated eight DPRK-linked individuals and entities under Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction […]
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OFAC has added the following persons: ALAR, Roman Anatolyevich, Moscow, Russia; DOB 17 Jan 1973; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214; Passport 719869648 (Russia) […]
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Issuance of amended Weapons of Mass Destruction Trade Control Regulations Release date12/23/2021Body The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is amending the Weapons of Mass Destruction Trade Control Regulations, 31 CFR part 539, to add a June 28, 2005 Executive order as an authority, remove the […]
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