August 26, 2021 By Peter Piatetsky* With the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, we reviewed who in the Taliban leadership is under sanctions. We found that, while the group itself is sanctioned by the US, the two top leaders of the Taliban –...
August 05, 2019 OFAC Publishes New Framework for Compliance Commitments, Naming 5 Essential Components On May 2, 2019, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments “in order to...
March 26, 2019 First Quarter 2019 Sanctions Round Up U.S. Government Advisory Highlights Sanctions Risks for Maritime Petroleum Shipping Community (and their Insurers) On March 25, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets...
October 6, 2017 US Substantially Increases Sanctions against North Korea to include Non-U.S. Persons On September 20, 2017, the U.S. President signed Executive Order (E.O.) 13810 imposing additional sanctions against North Korea targeting trade...
Sanctions as an Anti-Corruption Tool: South Sudanese Corrupt PEPs Slapped with OFAC Designations September 18, 2017 On September 6, 2017, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13664, OFAC added three South Sudanese officials, Malek Reuben Riak...
August 31, 2017 NYDFS: Pakistani Bank’s OFAC Program Included Improper Inclusion of SDN’s on the Bank’s ‘Good Guy’ List On August 24, 2017, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) – NY State’s financial regulator - announced it is...
