OFAC Informational Overviews of U.S. Economic and Trade Sanctions Against Certain Countries, Etc
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) maintains a Web page entitled Sanctions Program and Country Summaries.
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This Web page provides informational overviews of the U.S. economic and trade sanctions that OFAC administers and enforces against the following countries/regions and regarding the following issues:
| Countries/Regions | Issues | |
|---|---|---|
| Balkans1 | Libya1 | Diamond Trading |
| Burma (Myanmar)1 | North Korea | Narcotics Trafficking1 |
| Cuba1 | Sudan1 | Nonproliferation2 |
| Iran1 | Syria | Terrorists |
| Iraq1 | Zimbabwe1 | |
| Liberia |
These sanction overviews contain, variously, transcriptions of the original executive order(s) instituting the sanctions, summaries of relevant regulations, etc.
1 OFAC provides additional guidelines and information for these countries/regions and issues.
2 For this issue, the informational overview is termed "Summary of Regulations."
OFAC Web page entitled, Sanctions Program and Country Summaries, available at http://www.treas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sanctions/index.html