The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on March 11, 2025, issued a Geographic Targeting Order (the Southwest GTO) as part of a "whole-of-government approach" to leverage all...more
3/14/2025
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Bank Secrecy Act ,
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Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
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Human Trafficking ,
Money Laundering ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Significant Transnational Criminal Organization ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury
President Donald Trump announced on Feb. 26, 2025, that he was reversing the authorization granted to Chevron Corp. and its subsidiaries (Chevron) by the Biden Administration as a concession aimed at promoting free elections...more
3/7/2025
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Economic Sanctions ,
Energy Sector ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Investment ,
General Licenses ,
Human Rights ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Subsidiaries ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Venezuela
Within hours after taking office on Jan. 20, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an omnibus executive order revoking 78 executive actions by the previous administration, dating back to 2021. Among them, President Trump...more
Besides certain expansions on remittances in 2022, the White House, on Jan. 14, 2025, issued a statement announcing President Joe Biden's plans to relax sanctions on Cuba through a series of broad measures aimed at improving...more
1/17/2025
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Cuba ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Policy ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
State Sponsors of Terrorism ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury