Last week, Her Majesty’s Treasury renewed 3 terrorism designations (they expire unless renewed prior to expiration). On Monday, they renewed two more: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and the Holy Land Foundation: Individual 1. MOHAMMED, Khalid, Shaikh DOB: (1) 01/03/1964. (2) 14/04/1965. POB: (1) Kuwait (2) Pakistan a.k.a: (1) ALI, Salem (2) […]
Her Majesty’s Treasury has issued new guidance on the Iranian sanctions program due to the replacement of regulations on January 31st, due to some new EU regulations. Unfortunately, the press release neither says much specific on it, nor links to anything particularly useful. Except for this: there are certain payments […]
Unlike a lot of lists, the US Marshals list is regional – the New Mexico District added someone new on Friday. Here’s the details: Albuquerque, NM – The United States Marshal Service District of New Mexico added Nathan Rowland to their list of Most Wanted Gang Offenders. Rowland is a […]
Most people think of the narcotics trafficking sanctions program as being all about the Kingpin Act (“The Foreign Narcotics Trafficking Kingpin Designation Act”). But, in fact, it started much earlier… about 4 years earlier, on October 21, 1995, when President Clinton issued Executive Order 12978. Its focus was Colombian narcotics […]
Tuesday, March 19th in Washington, DC – just added to Events page. Links: OFAC “Save the Date” flyer for 2013 Financial Symposium
On the heels of UN changes to the Al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions, OSFI has added the following person, associated with terror in Mali, to its Consolidated List: Name: 1: DJAMEL 2: AKKACHA 3: na4: na Name (original script): عكاشة جمال Title: na Designation: na DOB: 9 May 1978 POB: Rouiba, Algiers, Algeria […]
Now that the TRA changed today (see the previous post), OFAC has to designate someone… ZARGHAMI, Ezzatollah (a.k.a. ZARGHAMI, Ezatollah); DOB 1959; POB Dezful, Khuzentan Province, Iran; Title Director, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (individual) [IRAN-TRA]. IRANIAN COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AUTHORITY (a.k.a. “SAZMAN-E TANZIM MOGHARARAT”), Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, […]
Today, OFAC issued two new guidance documents, both relating to the Iranian sanctions regulations and licenses. The first is a new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document relating to the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (aka “TRA”). In particular, the FAQ speaks to Section 504 of […]
A three-parter from OFAC today: updates to the Kingpin Act (narcotics trafficking) and anti-terrorism sanctions, and release of a beta version of a fuzzy search tool. First, there are a sizable number of new designations under the narcotics trafficking sanctions: GARCIA AYALA, Filemon, C Constitucion # 32, Col Rio Grande, […]
Today, SECO, the Swiss regulatory body, updated its Osama bin Laden/Al Qaida/Taliban sanctions, its Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sanctions and its North Korean (DPRK) sanctions. The DRC sanctions added 2 individuals and 2 companies. The North Korean sanctions were changed to include 10 new listings. The Osama bin […]
