OFAC adds Venezuelan and Nicaraguan entities to the SDN list, amends and issues General Licenses
On 17 April 2019 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it has added two new...
United States Department of State lists Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terror
The United States Department of State has listed the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO)...
US extends Title III suspension of the LIBERTAD Act, with notable exceptions
On 4 March 2019 the U.S. Secretary of State announced an additional 30-day suspension of Title III of the 1996 Cuban Liberty and...
US DEA launches a new tool in its online reporting system ARCOS
On 26 February 2019 the United States’ Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced that an upgraded feature of its Automated Reports...
U.S. issues a new executive order, general licenses and a designation against Venezuela
On 25 January 2019 U.S. President Trump signed an Executive Order entitled “Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency...
OFAC not processing License Applications during U.S. Government shutdown
The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will not be processing applications submitted through their...
Additional Venezuelan sanctions by OFAC
On 8 January 2019 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned seven individuals, 23...
U.S. President signs act for new sanctions against Nicaragua
On 20 December 2018 U.S President Trump signed H.R. 1918, the ‘‘Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018.’’ This Act issues...
Trump extends executive order regarding ‘Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption’
On 18 December 2018 U.S. President Trump announced that Executive Order 13818 (originally dated 20 December 2017) will be prolonged for...
Trump signs a new Nicaragua-related Executive Order and OFAC adds two individuals to the SDN list
U.S. President Trump signed a new Executive Order on 27 November 2018 entitled ‘Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the...