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 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
The U.S. government continues to increase scrutiny over certain foreign investments in the United States and critical supply chain security. On 15 September 2022, President Biden signed the “Executive Order on Ensuring Robust...more
10/13/2022
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China ,
Cybersecurity ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) ,
Export Controls ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Semiconductors ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Treasury
Since 9/11, countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) has been a focus of U.S. and international security policy, and an evolving feature of the regulatory and risk environment for authorities and the private sector. In the...more
9/19/2022
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Asset Freeze ,
Counter-Terrorist ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Institutions ,
Intelligence Services ,
Patriot Act ,
Risk Management ,
Russia ,
Sanctions ,
Terrorist Financing ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Ukraine
K2 Integrity is committed to tracking, assessing, and reporting the rapidly evolving multilateral sanctions against Russia for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Our latest Policy Update summarizes global sanctions...more
3/1/2022
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Biden Administration ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
EU Central Securities Depository Directive ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Switzerland ,
UK ,
Ukraine
Over the past week, the Russian Federation has taken a number of aggressive steps toward Ukraine in furtherance of its ultimate invasion—steps that were immediately condemned by the international community as a blatant...more
2/28/2022
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Economic Action Plan ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Institutions ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
SWIFT ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
UK ,
Ukraine