Swedbank Latvia Settlement: Sanctions Compliance Lessons

June 27, 2023

OFAC - Swedbank Latvia Settlement Settlement Highlights Importance of Integrating Geolocation and Know Your Customer Data Hdeel Abdelhady | June 23, 2023 | PDF The recent settlement between the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Swedbank Latvia for apparent violations…

Hdeel Abdelhady: Accuity Ask The Expert Series

Event: National Security and the Economy in the 21st Century: Foreign Investment, Supply Chains, and Sanctions

March 8, 2023

Sanctions Event: Hdeel Abdelhady Hdeel Abdelhady will speak at the Georgetown Law School Journal of National Security Law and Policy's National Security and the Economy in the 21st Century: Foreign Investment, Supply Chains, and Sanctions. The event, scheduled for March 8,…

U.S. sanctions on Russia likely to be felt widely – Hdeel Abdelhady

March 2, 2022

Hdeel Abdelhady discusses U.S. blocking and non-blocking sanctions and their potential impacts in Reuters.

Russia Sanctions in Response to Invasion of Ukraine

February 28, 2022

The United States and its allies have unleashed a barrage of sanctions on Russia, in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Here, we discuss some of the blocking and non-blocking sanctions imposed on VTB, VEB, the Russian Direct Investment Fund, and Russia's Central bank.

United States Imposes Global Magnitsky Sanctions on Cambodian Officials

November 11, 2021

The imposition of Global Magnitsky anti-corruption sanctions on two Cambodian related to the Ream Naval Base is strategically significant in the context of U.S. concerns about China's activities and influence in Cambodia.

Sanctions: OFAC Authorizes Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan

October 4, 2021

Sanctions Update ▪ October 4, 2021 ▪ PDF OFAC Authorizes Afghanistan Humanitarian Aid and Activities Otherwise Prohibited by Counter-Terrorism Sanctions, Publishes FAQs On September 24, 2021, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued two general licenses…

Post-2020 Election Outlook: 5 Issues to Keep Watching

February 1, 2021

After the 2016 Presidential election, MassPoint PLLC published five issues to watch in 2017 (and beyond). We revisit our predictions on the five issues, which we expect to remain watch-worthy under the Biden Administration.

Corruption, Human Rights, and Geostrategy: U.S. Sanctions Belt & Road Project Company

October 29, 2020

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).

U.S. Targets Chinese Belt & Road Project With Global Magnitsky Sanctions

September 23, 2020

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.

COVID, Supply Chains, Sanctions & Financial Crime: Hdeel Abdelhady-Accuity Q&A

June 17, 2020

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