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OFAC Authorizes Changes and Additions to SDN List
July 30, 2013 by Brian Dabbs|Treasury Dept.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added individuals and entities to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list on July 30. The OFAC also authorized deletions to the SDN list and made the certain changes.

OFAC Updates SDN List for Iran
July 3, 2013 by Mike Feazel|Treasury Dept.

Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control made the following updates to its Specially Designated Nationals List, related to the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012:

OFAC FAQs List Provides Details on June 3 Executive Order
July 2, 2013 by Mike Feazel|Treasury Dept.

The Treasury Department will be issuing regulations in the future to implement certain provisions of the June 3 executive order on implementing the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act, the department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a new set of FAQs. It said Department of State also expects to adopt an interpretation of the E.O. similar to OFAC's.

OFAC Makes Extensive Changes to Burma SDN List
July 2, 2013 by Mike Feazel|Treasury Dept.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control made a lengthy update of the Specially Designated Nationals Burma Designations under the Iran Freedom and Counter Proliferation Act, effective July 2. The update is to assist foreign financial institutions in identifying which persons on the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) list fall into the category of persons with whom a FFI may face exposure to sanctions on their U.S. correspondent or payable-through accounts. The phrase "Additional Sanctions Information -- Subject to Secondary Sanctions" will be applied to appropriate SDN listings. A list of SDNs affected by this update is in the July 2, 2013 section in OFAC’s SDN Changes file, which runs from page 35 to 170 of the file (here).