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US President enacts defense policy legislation impacting export controls, sanctions, and supply chain restrictions
President Biden signed the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2024 on December 22, 2023, affecting US export controls, sanctions, and supply chains. The legislation strengthens the AUKUS partnership and imposes sanctions for corruption while introducing procurement restrictions from specific foreign entities…
US imposes new sanctions on Russia, including financial institutions and an import ban
Biden Administration issued a new Executive Order imposing sanctions on foreign financial institutions facilitating Russia’s military-industrial base and expanding import bans on Russian-origin products, effective immediately…
Five US Federal Agencies issue Joint Advisory on safe business practices and compliant transfer of goods
The guidance highlights common tactics deployed by malign actors in the maritime and other transportation industries as well as recent enforcement actions taken in response to alleged violations. The aim is to inform the private sector about enforcement trends…
US Treasury announces settlement with CoinList Markets LLC
CoinList agreed to settle its potential civil liability arising from processing 989 transactions on behalf of users ordinarily resident in Crimea between April 2020 and May 2022, in apparent violation of OFAC’s Russia/Ukraine sanctions.
US Treasury reaches settlement with Nasdaq, Inc. for sanctions violations
Nasdaq agreed to remit $4,040,923 to settle its potential civil liability for a former wholly owned foreign subsidiary’s apparent violations of sanctions on Iran.
US Treasury sanctions additional maritime companies, vessels transporting oil sold above the coalition price cap
OFAC imposes sanctions on three entities and designates three vessels, used by them for carrying Russian crude oil above the agreed price cap, aiming to restrict Russia’s oil profits and stabilize global energy markets. Enforcement of the price cap on Russian oil is a top priority…
US Treasury sanctions mixer used by the DPRK to launder stolen virtual currency
Sanctions applied to Sinbad.io (Sinbad), a virtual currency mixer that serves as a key money-laundering tool of the OFAC-designated Lazarus Group, a state-sponsored cyber hacking group of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
US Treasury targets large Iranian military financial facilitation networks
Over 20 individuals and entities sanctioned for their involvement in financial facilitation networks for the benefit of Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) and Iranian Armed Forces General Staff (AFGS), and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF).
US Treasury sanctions additional maritime companies, vessels transporting oil sold above the coalition price cap
Sanctions target entities and vessels involved in carrying Russian crude oil above the agreed price cap set by the Price Cap Coalition. The action aims to responsibly diminish oil revenues accessible to the Russian government for financing its invasion of Ukraine, highlighting…
OFAC issues Venezuela-related general licenses and associated FAQs
OFAC issues General License 8M allowing certain transactions involving PdVSA for essential operations or wind-down in Venezuela, and General License 45A for transactions with Consorcio Venezolano de Industrias Aeronáuticas y Servicios Aéreos, S.A…
US Treasury sanctions notorious Costa Rican narcotics trafficker
Gilbert Hernan de Los Angeles Bell Fernandez (Bell), also known as “Macho Coca”, moves large quantities of cocaine and is known as one of the most violent traffickers in Limón.
US Treasury hardens sanctions with 130 new russian evasion and military-industria
The sanctions extend to disrupt Russia’s domestic industrial base, hindering its attempts to sustain and reinvent its military capabilities, impacting producers, exporters, and importers of key items identified in international sanctions and export controls…