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US imposes new sanctions and export controls against Russia

On June 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury), U.S. Department of State (State), and U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced another round of sanctions and export controls targeting Russia. In this...more

U.S. sanctions enforcement in the virtual currency space - USD 1 billion and counting...

Beginning in 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has increasingly focused its enforcement activity on entities operating in the virtual currency space, illustrating a trend that...more

Increased Focus on Forced Labor in the US and EU

U.S. Customs authorities impounded thousands of vehicles, showing risks to imports linked to forced labor. The U.S. government detained thousands of luxury vehicles deemed to contain a small electronic component sourced from...more

U.S. Imposes New Sanctions and Export Controls Targeting Russia

On February 23, 2024, marking the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Departments of Commerce, State, and Treasury announced new U.S. sanctions and export controls targeting Russia. In addition, the...more

OFAC Suspends Certain U.S. Sanctions Targeting Venezuela with New and Amended General Licenses

On October 18, 2023, the United States announced the suspension of certain sanctions related to Venezuela through the issuance of new and revised general licenses. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S....more

Expect Higher Tariffs on Some U.S. Imports of Solar Cells and Modules From Southeast Asia by Mid-2024

On August 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued final determinations in its circumvention inquiries regarding the import of certain solar cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam...more

Developments in sanctions targeting Myanmar

Following the military coup in Myanmar on February 1, 2021, the U.S., UK and EU have imposed a range of sanctions targeting individuals and entities affiliated with the Burmese military....more

OFAC Authorizes Certain Dealings with Russian Security Agency

In its first public statement since the inauguration, the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on February 2, 2017, that it had authorized limited dealings with the Federal Security...more

Leaving on a Reconciliatory Note: President Obama Ends His Term with a Substantial Easing of the Sudanese Sanctions Regime

The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) recently announced a significant relaxation of the U.S. sanctions with respect to Sudan that are currently administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The...more

New U.S. Sanctions Concerning Russia: President Obama Logs Out of 2016 with an Amendment to the U.S. Cyber-related Sanctions...

On December 29, 2016, OFAC (the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control) imposed sanctions on five Russian entities and four Russian individuals in connection with their alleged efforts to interfere...more

The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control Ends Its ‘Burma Sanctions Program’

On 7 October 2016, the United States Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ended all economic and financial sanctions with respect to Myanmar (referred to by OFAC as Burma). The move had been...more

OFAC Expands List of Persons Subject to Sanctions Under Ukraine-/Russia-Related Sanctions Authorities

On September 1, 2016, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) designated 37 new individuals and entities as Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDNs)...more

New EU sanctions in relation to Ukraine

On July 18, 2014, the European Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 783/20141 which expanded the scope of individuals, entities and bodies who could be added to the list of sanctions targets. Those materially or financially...more

Extension Of The Sanctions Relief Provided For In The Joint Plan Of Action Between The P5+1 And The Islamic Republic Of Iran

On July 18, 2014, the P5+1 (the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, and China) agreed with Iran to extend their commitments under the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA). The JPOA, originally agreed upon in...more

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