The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released an advance version of its Final Rule on October 7, 2024, amending parts of 31 C.F.R. § 501.603. The Final Rule governs reports on unblocked property. The Final Rule will take effect 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register.
The Global Magnitsky Sanctions target corruption and serious human rights abuse worldwide, without need for a U.S. jurisdictional nexus. MassPoint’s Global Magnitsky FAQs answers frequently asked questions about the Global Magnitsky Sanctions program (GloMag).
On August 22, 2017, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued revised Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs) designed to combat money laundering and related financial crimes in select U.S. residential real estate markets. The GTOs further expand the scope of GTOs issued in January 2016, expanded in July 2016, and renewed in February 2017. In tandem with the August GTOs, FinCEN issued an Advisory to Financial Institutions and Real Estate Firms and Professionals (the “Advisory”) and FAQs.
OFAC Sanctions Paraguayan Tobacco Firm Ties to Sanctioned Ex-President By Hdeel Abdelhady The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) re-imposed sanctions on Paraguayan tobacco company Tabacalera…
Foreign Agents Registration Act Charge Against U.S.-Israel Citizen Highlights FARA-China-Academia Nexuses Introduction The DOJ charged a dual U.S.-Israel citizen with offenses related to China under the Foreign…
OFAC – Swedbank Latvia Settlement Settlement Highlights Importance of Integrating Geolocation and Know Your Customer Data By Hdeel Abdelhady | June 23, 2023 | PDF The recent…
Russia Sanctions in Response to Ukraine Invasion, by Hdeel Abdelhady February 28, 2022 ▪ Author: Hdeel Abdelhady ▪ Topics: Russia Sanctions, Sanctions In response to Russia’s invasion…
Sanctions Update ▪ October 4, 2021 ▪ PDF Sanctions: OFAC Authorizes Afghanistan Humanitarian Aid Permits Activities Otherwise Prohibited by Counter-Terrorism Sanctions, Publishes FAQs On September 24, 2021,…
OFAC’s sanctions enforcement against SITA, the Switzerland-based provider of global air transport technology and services, premised U.S. sanctions jurisdiction on the provision of U.S.-origin technology and the involvement in transactions of networking hardware and servers located in the United States.