The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added individuals and an entity to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN), and deleted one entry, on Sept. 11.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control settled a civil case with Citigroup Inc. over multiple alleged violations of four sanctions laws, including involvement in the shipment of sanctioned goods to Iran, OFAC said on Sept. 3. Citigroup agreed to pay OFAC $217,841 for alleged violations of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations and the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations. Citigroup Trade Services Malaysia allegedly processed in 2009 four export bill collection applications on behalf of Citibank N.A., Hong Kong that involved goods shipments to Iran, including to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, which has been specifically targeted by OFAC for sanctions in recent years. Citibank also processed payments between 2011 and 2012 to individuals on the Specially Designated Nationals List, OFAC said.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added individuals and an entity to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list on Aug. 27.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is now “managing” the number of searches users conduct on the Sanctions List Search tool within a limited period of time in order to ensure all users have a “similar search experience.” OFAC did not specify the number of searches permitted or the search timeframe involved, but said it will temporarily suspend for a brief time search access for users that exceed the number of searches permitted. Most users won’t notice a change, said OFAC.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added individuals and an entity to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list on Aug. 21 (here) and 22 (here).

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added Colombian and Honduran individuals and entities to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list on Aug. 20 and deleted a host of additional entries.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added two individuals and an entity to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list on Aug. 18 (here) and 19 (here).

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added the following Pakistan-based militant group to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list under counter-terrorism designation on Aug. 7:

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control will no longer publish its sanctions list files on the Government Printing Office file transfer protocol server, the agency said on Aug. 6. The files will continue to publish on the OFAC file transfer protocol server and the OFAC website.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added three Kuwaiti individuals to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list under counter-terrorism designations on Aug. 6.