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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OFAC sanctions key Hizballah money exchanger

On January 24, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13224 against several individuals and associated entities, including a Lebanese money...more

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OFAC Targets Alleged Funders of Hizballah Using Gold and Front Companies

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As we blogged yesterday, OFAC has been busy. Right before OFAC designated the virtual currency exchange SUEX for allegedly facilitating ransomware payments, OFAC announced another significant but more traditional action on...more

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Anti-Terrorism Act Liability Requires More than Mere Failures of Customer Due Diligence

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On September 25, 2019, the Southern District of New York dismissed a complaint brought by victims of rocket attacks in Israel perpetrated in 2006 by Hizbollah, operating in Lebanon. Kaplan v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL, Civ....more

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Trade & Manufacturing - November 2018

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The Trump Administration Announces It Plans to Negotiate New Free Trade Agreements with Japan, the European Union and the United Kingdom - On October 16, 2018, the Office of the United States Trade Representative...more

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Trade & Manufacturing - News of Note - November 2018

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President Trumps Signs Hizbollah Sanctions Bill - On October 25, 2018, the President signed the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2018 (“HIFPAA”). HIFPAA amends and strengthens the Hizballah...more

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Indictment of Alleged High-Profile Financier of Terror Focuses on Transactions with U.S. Businesses

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On March 24, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging Kassim Tajideen, an alleged prominent financial supporter of the Hizballah terror organization, with evading U.S. sanctions and conspiring to...more

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OFAC Adopts New Sanctions Targeting Hizballah’s Financial and Logistics Networks

If you only read one thing... - The Hizballah Financial Sanctions Regulations (HFSR) are intended to disrupt Hizballah’s global logistics and financial network by providing a new basis of secondary sanctions...more

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Foreign Financial Institutions Beware: United States Expands Economic Sanctions Against Hizballah

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Effective April 16, 2016, the United States will implement sanctions pursuant to the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015. The new sanctions target Hizballah (or Hezbollah) and non-U.S. persons who support...more

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