Sanctions, AML, Anti-Corruption Insights
Doing Business in Emerging Markets, Global Magnitsky Sanctions, Sanctions, United States China Law and Policy
Corruption, Human Rights, and Geostrategy: U.S. Sanctions Belt & Road Project Company
The United States has targted a Belt& Road project with Global Magnitsky Sanctions. The move is significant, and might signal a ratcheting up of U.S. opposition to the BRI, which has largely comprised rhetoric, diplomatic lobbying, and relatively tepid competition, such as by the establishment of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
Doing Business in Emerging Markets, Global Magnitsky Sanctions, Sanctions, United States China Law and Policy
U.S. Targets Chinese Belt & Road Project With Global Magnitsky Sanctions
The Treasury Department’s announcement of the sanctions speaks to the foreign policy and geostrategic significance of the UDG sanctions action. The release speaks of China’s “malign” investment in Cambodia, its use of the UDG projects in Cambodia to “advance ambitions to project power globally,” “disproportionality benefit” itself through BRI projects, and concerns that the Dara Kakor project “could be converted to “host military assets.” The Treasury Department’s language echoes U.S. concerns about the BRI and other Chinese international project financing activities, including that China engages in “debt trap” financing.
Regulatory landscape for legal firms in the U.S.: Hdeel Abdelhady RegTech Podcast
In a two part RegTech podcast, MassPoint's Hdeel Abdelhady talked with Accuity about issues of financial crime, due diligence, and related issues around lawyers as gatekeepers of the financial system.
Anti-Corruption, Anti-money laundering, Coronavirus, COVID-19, International Trade Law, Iran Sanctions, MassPoint News, Sanctions
COVID, Supply Chains, Sanctions & Financial Crime: Hdeel Abdelhady-Accuity Q&A
In the second part of her Q&A with Accuity, Hdeel Abdelhady shared her thoughts on the current and potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on global supply chains, sanctions, and financial crime
Iran Sanctions: OFAC Exempts Medicine, PPE Manufacturers (EO 13902)
In guidance issued on June 5, 2020, OFAC explained that manufacturers in Iran of medicine, PPE, childcare items, and other essential supplies will be exempt from sanctions targeting Iran's manufacturing sector pursuant to EO 13902.
Hdeel Abdelhady-Accuity Q&A: Sanctions Trends, Lawyers as Gatekeepers
Hdeel Abdelhady shared her insights with Accuity on the sanctions landscape and the role of lawyers in fighting financial crime
Global Magnitsky Human Rights and Corruption Sanctions Overview
With the adoption of the Global Magnitsky Sanctions, the United States added a powerful weapon to its already formidable legal arsenal. This publication provides an overview of the Global Magnitsky Sanctions.
Coronavirus, COVID-19, Doing Business in the United States, Global Magnitsky Sanctions, Iran Sanctions, MassPoint News, Sanctions, Tech War
Sanctions Compliance in a State of Flux: Trends and Guidance Amid Global Upheaval
MassPoint Legal and Strategy Advisory PLLC's Hdeel Abdelhady discussed sanctions trends and guidance, as well as issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, in a live event presented by the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS) and Accuity.
OFAC Sanctions Jurisdiction Over US-Origin Technology: SITA Enforcement
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.
U.S. Sanctions on Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream Pipeline Projects (PEESA)
On December 20, 2019, the President signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA), which authorizes the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons that knowingly sell, lease, or provide vessels for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 or TurkStream pipeline projects. The policies advanced by the NDAA are consistent with prior U.S. policy and legislation, particularly the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. This MassPoint publication discusses PEESA’s policies, sanctions mechanics, the relationship between PEESA and CAATSA, and key takeaways.