OFAC’s Enforcement Office has added an addendum stating which fields need to be submitted for long electronic filings. The office prefers electronic filings for documents of 500 pages or more, and for those filings to be compatible with its Concordance e-discovery management system (a LExisNexis product) if it’s over 2500 […]
It’s in Washington, DC at the Walter E. Washington Convention Centerr. Like last time, registration does not guarantee admittance, attendance is limited to 2 people per institution, and the event is closed to the press. It will be on the Events page in a jiffy! Links: OFAC News Release “Save […]
This is a sanctions program without a single listed SDN (Specially Designated National)…. how can that be? SDN programs sanction a list of known bad actors. The rough diamond regulations basically say that anyone who isn’t a known “good guy” is a “bad guy,” so it doesn’t fit into the […]
A whole mess of deletions, both under the Kingpin Act and the Narcotics Control sanctions: SNACK PARTY, Los Vinedos 19 y Venezuela, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador; RUC # 1721014692001 (Ecuador) [SDNTK]. CASTRO, Jesus Maria, c/o NEGOCIOS INTERNACIONALES DEL ECUADOR NIDEGROUP S.A., Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador; c/o SNACK PARTY, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador; DOB […]
This time, it’s Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 291/2013, which amends Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 (aka “the 2004 Regulation). Here’s the amended record: CHICHAKLI, Richard, Ammar DOB: (1) 29/03/1959. (2) 10/07/1967 POB: (1) Syrian Arab Republic Syria (2) Deirazzor, Syria a.k.a: (1) CHICHAKLI, Ammar, M (2) ALMUSTAFA, Jehad (3) […]
So, the UN made changes to its Al Qaida list, so the EU issued Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 290/2013, which modifies Annex I to the “2002 Regulation” (Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002) – so Her Majesty’s Treasury makes its changes. The addition: ANSAR EDDINE a.k.a: ANSAR DINE Address: Mali. […]
Wow – yesterday was a head-spinningly good day for the guys in the white hats. First, Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed, an Al Shabaab operative, was sentenced to 111 months for providing support to and receiving military training from a Foreign Terror Organization (FTO). Tip of the hat to the FBI. Secondly, […]
Executive Order 13159, signed June 21, 2000, is entitled “Blocking Property of the Government of the Russian Federation Relating to the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted From Nuclear Weapons.” It does what it says it does – it blocks the Highly Enriched Uranium stores in Russia’s nuclear weapons and […]
Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994 imposed an import ban on persons and entities involved in Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) proliferation activities. These folks are listed by the State Department, although the Weapons of Mass Destruction Trade Control Regulations are administered by OFAC. Link: State Department import ban […]
Although there are three different programs related to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), the one that is applicable to most organizations performing watchlist screening is the sanctions program implemented under Executive Order 13382 of June 28, 2005. It’s a targeted sanctions program blocking all property of known proliferators and those […]
