From the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: The EU has agreed to lift the arms embargo against Syria while retaining all other trade and financial sanctions. The UK has decided to impose national controls on the supply of certain equipment that might be used for internal repression and which […]
Here's the press release: Treasury Designates Guatemalan Trafficker Allied with Los Zetas WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated Jairo Estuardo Orellana Morales, a violent Guatemalan narcotics trafficker, as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker (SDNT) pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). Orellana Morales […]
Treasury Designates Senior Al-Qa’ida Official and Terrorist Training Center Supporting Lashkar-E Tayyiba and the Taliban Designations Include First Sanctions Against a Madrassa Used to Train Taliban Fighters WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated Umar Siddique Kathio Azmarai (Azmarai), a senior Al-Qa’ida official, and Jamia Taleem-Ul-Quran-Wal-Hadith Madrassa, […]
Today, OFAC added a new individual and entity under its anti-terrorism program: AZMARAI, Umar Siddique Kathio (a.k.a. AL-SINDHI, Abdallah; a.k.a. AL-SINDHI, Abdullah; a.k.a. AL-SINDI, Abdullah; a.k.a. CHANDIO, Umar Kathio; a.k.a. CHANDUO, Umar; a.k.a. CHANDYO, Omar; a.k.a. KATHIO, Muhammad Umar; a.k.a. KATIO, Muhammad Umar Sidduque; a.k.a. OMER, Muhammad; a.k.a. SINDHI, 'Abdallah; […]
Today, DFAT removed the following person from its Al-Qaida sanctions, mirroring the actions of the United Nations: QI.M.146.03. Name: 1: MOHAMMED 2: DAKI 3: na 4: na Title: na Designation: na DOB: 29 Mar. 1965 POB: Casablanca, Morocco Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: Moroccan Passport no.: […]
From the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the following restrictions apply to activities within the European Union (as the UK is part of the EU), or to activities by EU entities and citizens regardless of location, to the provisioning of goods and services to Iran or Iranian-owned or controlled […]
The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills issued a notice that it intends to grant an Open General Export License (OGEL) for the production and maintenance of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), which will be known in the RAF (Royal Air Force) as the Lightning II. Here's what an OGEL […]
The restrictions: Canadian citizens and anyone in Canada are probihibited from: Any commerce that involves DPRK or anyone in the DPRK. This is regardless of the origin or current location of the goods. Investing in any DPRK entity “that involves a dealing any property, wherever situated” held by of for […]
In case, as part of your due diligence, you scan those lists of unauthorized financial institutions (the US and Canada have these lists, as well as a number of other places including Ireland and Mauritius), here's one hot off the OCC”s presses: Unauthorized Banking: Freedom 1st National Bank To: Chief […]
The Export Control Organization in the UK has a web page called Notices to Exporters. It contains changes and corrections to export control lists and regulations, and those countries subject to export restrictions and/or licensing. For example, on August 5th, Croatia was added to a number of general export licenses […]
