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 ,
BSA/AML ,
Cartels ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Geographic Targeting Order ,
Human Trafficking ,
Money Laundering ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Significant Transnational Criminal Organization ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury
U.S. President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14157 (the EO) on Jan. 20, 2025, calling for the designation of drug cartels and other foreign organizations as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) or specially designated...more
President Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2025, issued various immigration-related Executive Orders (EOs) and presidential actions that could have an immediate and lasting impact on Latin American countries. President Trump's...more
2/3/2025
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Executive Orders ,
Foreign Policy ,
Immigration Procedures ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
Latin America ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Retaliation ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration
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
Nearly six months after President Joe Biden signed an executive order (EO) authorizing secondary sanctions against Foreign Financial Institutions (FFIs) conducting or facilitating significant transactions with certain...more
6/25/2024
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Compliance ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Evasion ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Transactions ,
Foreign Financial Institutions (FFI) ,
Foreign Policy ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
U.S. Treasury
• President Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order expanding the current sanctions relating to Venezuela by blocking all property and interests in property of the government of Venezuela and the Nicolás Maduro...more
8/8/2019
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Blocked Person ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Policy ,
General Licenses ,
Human Rights ,
Humanitarian Assistance ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Politically Exposed Person (PEPs) ,
SDN List ,
Secretary of the Treasury ,
Trump Administration ,
Venezuela
• National Security Advisor Ambassador John Bolton issued a statement threatening sanctions against non-U.S. banks for facilitating illegitimate transactions with certain Venezuelan individuals and entities.
• This...more
3/14/2019
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Blocked Entities ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Financial Institutions (FFI) ,
Foreign Relations ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
SDN List ,
Secondary Sanctions ,
Venezuela
• The U.S. Department of the Treasury's (Treasury) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated five officials affiliated with the regime of Nicolas Maduro pursuant to Executive Order 13850 (E.O. 13850), including...more
• Pursuant to Executive Order 13850 (E.O. 13850), the U.S. Department of the Treasury's (Treasury) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA), effectively blocking PdVSA's property...more
1/31/2019
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Blocked Person ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Policy ,
General Licenses ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Petroleum ,
SDN List ,
Trump Administration ,
Venezuela
• President Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order (the E.O.) imposing additional sanctions with respect to the situation in Venezuela, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has...more
8/29/2017
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Citgo ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Policy ,
General Licenses ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Petroleum ,
SDN List ,
Trump Administration ,
Venezuela