Compliance Perspectives: Sanctions, Data and Vetting Third Parties
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On August 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued Russia-related General License ("GL") 99A, which authorizes through October 12, 2024, the wind-down of transactions...more
ACI’s highly anticipated Proficiency Series on Economic Sanctions provides true immersion into Economic Sanctions with the objective of becoming proficient in 4 weeks. Advance your career and professional development by...more
On November 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued General License (“GL”) 76A to clarify that the GL applies to “Public Joint Stock Company Saint Petersburg...more
UPDATE – December 2022 was another busy month for Entity List additions by BIS. Effective Dec. 21, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) further tightened controls on the Wagner...more
Recently, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has taken additional actions against Russia in response to its continued invasion of Ukraine. Specifically, OFAC: ..Issued guidance...more
Over the past few weeks, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury ramped up sanctions pressure against Russia with the announcement of a new ban on certain services in seaborne Russian...more
Over the past few weeks, the US Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took various actions in response to Russia’s continued invasion in Ukraine: ..updated the Specially Designated Nationals and...more
Following a meeting of G7 leaders on May 8, 2022, the United States enacted additional sanctions and export control measures in response to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Among the changes: a prohibition on U.S. persons...more
Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the UK, EU and US have all responded by announcing significant sanctions in respect of Russia and Belarus. The sanctions landscape has been changing at a fast pace and further...more
Western sanctions against Russia have continued to broaden substantially into new areas of trade, especially in the energy sector. Policymakers in Washington DC, Brussels, London and other allied capitals also continue to...more
Broad U.S. export controls and sanctions recently imposed on Russia, Belarus and specific areas of Ukraine may impact companies with international exposure to these regions, including but not limited to industries such as...more
As part of its expanding sanctions against Russia, the Biden Administration on March 8, 2022, issued Executive Order 14066 (“EO 14066,” see here) to bar imports into the United States of Russian crude oil, petroleum;...more
On March 11, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order prohibiting exports of US-origin luxury goods to Russia and Belarus and Russian and Belarusian oligarchs, broadening the US import ban on goods originating in the...more
UK DEVELOPMENTS - Further designations - On 10 March 2022, the UK Government added a further seven oligarchs to its list of sanctions targets, including the owner of Chelsea football club, Roman Abramovich. ...more
In response to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the U.S., U.K., and EU have implemented sweeping coordinated economic sanctions and export control restrictions targeting key industries, entities,...more
The United States and the European Union imposed additional sanctions this week in response to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine and the United States announced its intention to make sanctions enforcement a...more
The United States and its allies respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with even tougher sanctions against Russia, its leaders, and its leading businesses. Our International Trade & Regulatory Group breaks down the...more
On February 24, 2022, the U.S. Government issued a number of sanctions measures in response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine. These measures include sweeping financial sanctions and stringent export controls, which will have...more
The situation in the Ukraine remains highly fluid and reactions from the United States and allies continue to evolve. This is the first of a series of advisory alerts from Venable in response to the ongoing situation....more
As unveiled during President Biden’s press conference on February 22, 2022, the United States has imposed another round of sanctions in response to President Putin’s decision to deploy troops to the Donetsk People’s Republic...more
This client alert summarizes the sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury on February 22, 2022, targeting Russia's financial services sector following Russia's recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DNR and...more
The Biden Administration and several allied countries announced on February 22 new economic sanctions on Russia and the separatist territories in Ukraine. In the United States, the sanctions target only certain Russian...more
Today, under its Venezuela sanctions authorities, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Rosneft Trading S.A. (RTSA), the trading arm of Russian energy company Rosneft Oil...more
• In a further escalation of U.S. sanctions on Venezuela in support of its efforts to oust the regime of Nicolás Maduro, on August 5, 2019, the Trump administration imposed comprehensive sanctions on the Government of...more
President Trump signed a new Executive Order on August 5, 2019, Executive Order 13884 (“EO 13884”), which blocks (i.e., freezes) all property of the Venezuelan government and its political subdivisions, agencies, and...more