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Last week's major developments in sanctions - January 29th, 2024, to February 2nd, 2024
Monday, January 29 FinCEN issued a finding and notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that identifies Al-Huda Bank in Iraq as a foreign...
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Feb 6, 20244 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - January 22nd, 2024, to January 26th, 2024
Monday, January 22 OFAC, OFSI, and Austrailia’s DFAT imposed asset-freezing sanctions against individuals and entities for their...
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Jan 31, 20242 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - January 15th, 2024, to January 19th, 2024
Monday, January 15 OFSI imposed asset-freezing sanctions against Bosnian marketing agency Mania under the UK’s Bosnia and Herzegovina...
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Jan 22, 20243 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - January 8th, 2024, to January 12th, 2024
Monday, January 8 A California resident and Russian national pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to Hayat Tahrir...
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Jan 15, 20242 min read
Last three week's major developments in sanctions - December 18th, 2023, to January 7th, 2024
Happy New Year to all of our readers. This issue covers the past three weeks rather than our normal week-long coverage. We will go back...
bensanctionsexpert
Jan 8, 20244 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - December 11th to December 15th, 2023
Monday, December 11 On International Anti-Corruption Day: OFAC imposed asset-freezing sanctions against two former Afghan government...
bensanctionsexpert
Dec 20, 20233 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - December 4th to December 8th, 2023
Monday, December 4 OFAC imposed asset-freezing sanctions on three individuals for their involvement in undermining Sudan's peace,...
bensanctionsexpert
Dec 12, 20234 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - November 20th to November 24th, 2023
Monday, November 20 The U.S. Department of State imposed travel bans (a type of sanction) against designated two members of the Armed...
bensanctionsexpert
Nov 28, 20232 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - November 13th to November 17th, 2023
Monday, November 13 The EU Council extended the validity of its blocking sanctions under its Venezuela sanctions regime for another six...
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Nov 20, 20233 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - November 6th to November 10th, 2023
Monday, November 6 FinCEN and BIS issued a joint notice highlighting a new Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) key term,...
bensanctionsexpert
Nov 14, 20233 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - October 30th to November 3rd, 2023
Monday, October 30 There was no major sanctions-related development on this day. Tuesday, October 31 OFSI imposed asset-freezing...
benjaminpeterfreun
Nov 6, 20233 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - October 2nd to October 6th, 2023
Monday, October 2 This quiet week started with the imposition of asset-freezing sanctions on two individuals by the French government,...
Amir Fadavi
Oct 9, 20232 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - September 25th to September 29th, 2023
Monday, September 25 BIS added 28 entities to the Entity List. Those entities are located across the world, including in China, Russia,...
Amir Fadavi
Oct 4, 20232 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - September 11th to September 15th, 2023
Monday, September 11 There was no major development on this date. Tuesday, September 12 France imposed asset-freezing sanctions on one...
Amir Fadavi
Sep 19, 20233 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - August 28th to September 1st, 2023
Monday, August 28 OFAC published its second informational video: Episode 2: Blocking and Non-Blocking Sanctions (I love these videos!...
Amir Fadavi
Sep 6, 20232 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - August 7th to August 11th, 2023
Monday, August 7 France imposed asset-freezing sanctions on an individual pursuant to the country's autonomous counter-terrorism...
Amir Fadavi
Aug 16, 20233 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - July 31st to August 4th, 2023
Monday, July 31 OFSI imposed asset-freezing sanctions on six individuals involved in the trial of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a dual British...
Amir Fadavi
Aug 9, 20232 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - July 24th to July 28th, 2023
Monday, July 24 OFAC imposed asset-freezing sanctions on three high-ranked military officials, including the Minister of Defense, in Mali...
Amir Fadavi
Aug 1, 20232 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - July 17th to July 21st, 2023
Monday, July 17 OFSI imposed asset-freezing sanctions on 13 individuals and one entity for their involvement in the forced deportation of...
Amir Fadavi
Jul 24, 20234 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - July 3rd to July 7th, 2023
Monday, July 3 OFSI updated its Russia Guidance to reflect the recent prohibition on the provision of Legal advisory services to Russia....
Amir Fadavi
Jul 11, 20231 min read
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