US Secretary of State John Kerry said today that 11 countries, including Japan, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain, got their 3rd 180-day waiver from OFAC’s Iranian sanctions on countries that import Iranian oil. After a year, you’d think they’d make more progress on finding other oil sources. […]
From the OFAC Iran sanctions flyer, there’s a section about the Iranian Assets Control Regulations that’s quite interesting. Basically, while the effect of the regulation is very different from the original, it still lives on… Separate Iranian sanctions regulations appear at 31 C.F.R. Part 535. On November 14, 1979, the […]
OFAC has released the upgraded version of its SDN Search tool, which now includes character, string and phonetic matching. This is the same tool that was previously available in a publicly-available beta test. Links: OFAC Press Release SDN Search Tool SDN Search Tool FAQ
Two sets of changes to DFAT’s Consolidated List today, on the heels of resolutions from the United Nations. First, one person has been removed from the terror lists (technically, the Al Qaida/Taliban list, since there are no sanctions outside those groups – like ETA, for example): QI.D.26.01. Name: 1: MAMOUN […]
As of April 1, Her Majesty’s Treasury will refer to its sanctions unit as the Financial Sanctions unit instead of the Asset Freezing unit. With the name change, there is a new email address: FinancialSanctions@hmtreasury.gsi.gov.uk.
As a consequence of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 206/2013, Her Majesty’s Treasury has added 9 individuals: 1. EMADI, HAMID, REZA DOB: –/–/1973 POB: Hamedan a.k.a: EMADI, Hamidreza Address: Tehran Position: Press TV Newsroom Director Other Information: Place of work: Press TV HQ, Tehran. Independent regulator OFCOM fined Press TV […]
Certain sanctions sure seem to be world-wide. The Iranian sanctions, in particular, seem to be finally having some effect purely because it’s not just the US cracking down on them. And, especially in the last 6 months, other countries have actually caught their citizens trying to skirt sanctions regimes – […]
Four more individuals, one more entity: CHU, Kyu-Chang (a.k.a. CHU, Kyu-Ch’ang; a.k.a. JU, Kyu-Chang); DOB 25 Nov 1928; POB Hamju County, South Hamgyong Province, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (individual) [NPWMD]. O, Kuk-Ryol (a.k.a. O, Ku’k-ryo’l); DOB 07 Jan 1930; POB Onso’ng County, North Hamgyo’ng Province, Democratic People’s Republic of […]
Her Majesty’s Treasury has revoked the final designation of the following individual: RAHIM, Zana, Abdul, Rahman DOB: (1) 01/01/1983. (2) 22/11/1982. POB: Kirkuk, Iraq a.k.a: (1) RAHIN, Zana, Abdul (2) RAHINI, Zana, Abdul, Rahman (3) RAHMAN, Zana, Abdul Nationality: Iraqi Kurd Address: (1) Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (previous address), […]
4 new listings were added, 1 was deleted and 8 were changed. The Watchlists page will be updated today to reflect the updated list. Links: SECO Press release Data files of changes – PDF, XML New consolidated list of Al Qaida/Taliban sanctions
