On March 18, 2026, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published General License 52 (GL 52) which authorizes “established U.S. entities” to engage in a range of transactions...more
On February 19, 2026, almost exactly one year after the United States designated eight Latin America-based drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), the US...more
3/9/2026
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Cross-Border Transactions ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations (GTSR) ,
Latin America ,
Mexico ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Terrorist Organizations ,
U.S. Treasury
On February 13, 2026, the United States Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published two new Venezuela-related General Licenses (GLs): GL 49, which authorizes negotiations of, and entry into,...more
As Venezuela’s political environment continues to shift, the Trump Administration has authorized US persons to undertake a variety of activities involving Venezuelan-origin oil that had previously been prohibited.
On...more
2/16/2026
/ Economic Sanctions ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
General Licenses ,
International Trade ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Venezuela
Recent enforcement actions by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) underscore that United States sanctions laws and regulations apply to fintech firms, including virtual currency businesses. The measures also reflect...more
Eleview International Inc. (Eleview), a freight forwarding business based in Virginia; its owner and chief executive officer (CEO), Oleg Nayandin; and an employee, Vitaliy Borisenko, pled guilty on October 28, 2025 to...more
11/26/2025
/ Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) ,
Export Controls ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
Supply Chain
Recent legal challenges to the Trump Administration’s tariff agenda have generated heightened uncertainty within the trade environment, and companies are encouraged to take note. On May 28, 2025, the US Court of...more
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) conducts a mandatory BE-10 survey of US investments abroad every five years to produce key economic and statistical reports on the scale and effects of...more