The Office of Foreign Assets Control made recent additions to its Specially Designated Nationals list due to Kingpin Act violations (here). Effective Oct. 7, the agency added three Honduran individuals to the SDN list and nearly a dozen companies, as follows:
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The Office of Foreign Assets Control made several recent additions to its Specially Designated Nationals list due to terrorism concerns. Effective Oct. 2, the agency added a United Kingdom national, to the SDN list (here). OFAC also added three Russian citizens to the SDN list effective Oct. 5 (here).
The Office of Foreign Assets Control added numerous individuals to the Specially Designated Nationals list on Sept. 29 (here). OFAC also added the following entities to the SDN list:
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The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following individuals and entities to the Specially Designated Nationals list on Sept. 17 (here):
The Bureau of Industry and Security and the Office of Foreign Assets Control issued concurrent final rules to expand a set of mechanisms to ease trade and other dealings with Cuba. The regulatory changes are the first administrative action on Cuban trade since the removal of Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in July (see 1507210028). The newest changes, which take effect on Sept. 21, build on rules issued by BIS and OFAC in January to initiate closer ties with Cuba (see 1501150031). The following is a round-up of the most critical aspects of the changes.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following individuals and entities to the Specially Designated Nationals list on Sept. 10 (here):
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following individual to the Specially Designated Nationals list on Sept. 9 (here):
Nearly eight months after the Obama administration unveiled new measures to ease trade and travel with Cuba, the Commerce Department is continuing to inform U.S. industry on approved private sector end-users in the country, said Matt Borman, deputy assistant secretary at Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security, at a Sept. 9 hearing. The administration, as a policy, denies authorization for exports to the Cuban military or the Communist party, Borman told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following individuals to the Specially Designated Nationals list on Sept. 8 (here):