On 21 March 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed Tornado Cash, a virtual currency mixer, from its list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List),...more
3/25/2025
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Blockchain ,
Chevron Deference ,
Compliance ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Delisting ,
Digital Assets ,
Economic Sanctions ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
SCOTUS ,
SDN List ,
U.S. Treasury
On 20 February 2025, the United States (U.S.) Department of State designated eight international cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). The designation of...more
3/3/2025
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Cartels ,
Compliance ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Financial Institutions (FFI) ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Terrorism Funding ,
U.S. Treasury
In 2024, global sanctions and trade controls continued to expand, with the United States (U.S.), European Union (EU), and United Kingdom (UK) leading the charge against actors threatening international security and financial...more
On 9 October 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published its first ever unilateral guidance specifically addressed to financial institutions (FIs). The Guidance to Financial...more
10/22/2024
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Compliance ,
Country of Origin ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Trade Zones ,
Jurisdiction ,
Military End Use ,
National Security ,
New Guidance ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Voluntary Disclosure
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published their second Tri-Seal...more
8/15/2023
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Controls ,
FinCEN ,
Investigations ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Penalties ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Third-Party ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers
Approximately one year ago, in the immediate wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the United States (U.S.), United Kingdom (UK), and European Union (EU) launched a global sanctions campaign against Russia that...more
3/3/2023
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Banks ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Compliance ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
Export Controls ,
Imports ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Risk Management ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Trade Policy ,
Ukraine