On 13 May 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that his administration will start “restoring the normal relationship” with Syria’s new government and “ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria.” While, at the...more
On 24 March 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14245 authorizing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to impose a 25 percent tariff on all goods imported into the United States from any country that directly or indirectly...more
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
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
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
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
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
The United States has reversed its 2023 relaxation of certain sanctions against Venezuela in response to failures by representatives of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro to uphold commitments outlined in a roadmap for...more
On FINCast Episode 39, Juan Zarate sits down with K2 Integrity’s Katya Hazard and Amir Fadavi to discuss the state of Russia-related sanctions and to explore what has worked and what may require further coordinated efforts to...more
On 22 December 2023, the Biden administration issued Executive Order 14114, “Taking Additional Steps with Respect to the Russian Federation’s Harmful Activities” (EO 14114), thereby amending EOs 14024 and 14068. The new EO...more
1/11/2024
/ Aerospace ,
Biden Administration ,
CAPTA List ,
Construction Industry ,
Defense Sector ,
Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Financial Institutions (FFI) ,
Importers ,
Licenses ,
Manufacturing Facilities ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
SDN List ,
Semiconductors ,
Technology Sector ,
Transparency ,
US State Departments
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
K2 Integrity delivers information and analysis on recent developments related to sanctions against Russia and key implications for the public, private, and non-profit sectors as the United States (U.S.), the European Union...more
5/26/2023
/ Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
G7 ,
Goods or Services ,
Imports ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
UK ,
Ukraine
Chinese lawmakers approved revisions to the country’s counterespionage law on 23 April 2023, broadening the definition of spying and banning the transfer of any information related to national security interests (which are...more
5/16/2023
/ CFIUS ,
China ,
Cybersecurity ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Espionage ,
Forced Labor ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Human Rights ,
International Data Transfers ,
Investors ,
National Security ,
Popular
On the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States (U.S.), the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK), the Group of Seven (G7), the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and other authorities...more
3/31/2023
/ Asset Freeze ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
FATF ,
G7 ,
Imports ,
Military Conflict ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
UK ,
Ukraine ,
US State Departments ,
Visa Restrictions
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
/ AML/CFT ,
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
The United States Department of the Treasury has continued to signal that it will focus policy, regulatory, and enforcement attention on the financial crime and sanctions risk in the crypto and digital asset ecosystem...more
10/26/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
U.S. Treasury
K2 Integrity delivers information and analysis on recent developments related to sanctions against Russia and key implications for the public, private, and non-profit sectors as the United States (U.S.), the European Union...more
10/13/2022
/ Asset Freeze ,
Belarus Sanctions ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Human Rights ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil Prices ,
Russia ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
UK ,
Ukraine