President Trump’s “America First Trade Policy” is creating new sanctions compliance risk for financial services institutions and companies in an area that historically has not received as much enforcement attention: drug...more
3/27/2025
/ Compliance ,
Cuba ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Mexico ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Risk Management ,
SDN List ,
Trump Administration ,
Venezuela
As the interplay between export controls, trade sanctions, and anticorruption enforcement continues to intensify, multinational companies must remain vigilant in ensuring that their compliance programs address the many...more
9/25/2024
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Boycotts ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Multinationals ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Penalties ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Supply Chain ,
Ukraine ,
Voluntary Disclosure
Sanctions imposed by the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union against Russia, China, and other parts of the world are fast-evolving. Such geopolitical shifts are creating new risks and placing further...more
9/23/2024
/ Belarus ,
Blocking Sanctions ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Geopolitical Risks ,
Legal Advice ,
Military Conflict ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Technology Sector ,
UK
The various and elusive tactics used by Russia to evade global sanctions and export controls have grown increasingly sophisticated over the last several months, putting the onus on multinational entities to become equally...more
3/4/2024
/ Belarus ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Compliance ,
Distributors ,
Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
European Commission ,
Evasion ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
G7 ,
Globally Harmonized System ,
Infrastructure ,
Military Conflict ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Offshore Companies ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Shell Corporations ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Ukraine ,
US State Departments ,
White Collar Crimes
Over the last several months, companies have become entangled in an increasingly complex web of new and expanded sanctions and export control restrictions related to Russia in response to its war on Ukraine. The current...more
11/14/2023
/ Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Construction Industry ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Divestment ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Direct Product Rule ,
Information Technology ,
Manufacturers ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
SDN List ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Trade Restrictions ,
Ukraine ,
White Collar Crimes
In line with the Biden administration’s declaration last year that anticorruption is a “core United States national security interest,” sanctions evasion enforcement rapidly has become a core priority for the Department of...more
7/12/2022
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Best Practices ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
Multinationals ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
Terrorist Financing ,
U.S. Treasury