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Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Criminal Prosecution Terrorism Funding

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Terrorism Designations Primer: Process, Authorities, and Recourse

Since the mid-1990s, the Executive Branch has sought to target foreign terrorist organizations, and those individuals and organizations supporting them, in order to degrade their funding and support. Organizations and...more

Bracewell LLP

Trump Administration Makes First Round of Cartel Foreign Terrorist Organization Designations with Focus on Mexico and Venezuela

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The US State Department has made its first round of designations pursuant to Executive Order 14157, “Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists,”...more

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AG Bondi Releases Memos on Cartels and Joint Task Force October 7: Implications for Industry

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Attorney General, Pam Bondi, recently released over a dozen memoranda on a variety of policies – ranging from plea agreements and sentencing criteria, to the DOJ’s amplified focus on...more

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Sanctions Round Up: First Quarter 2018

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This quarter saw the announcement of sweeping new sanctions against Russia’s billionaire class and their corporate holdings, and included the Trump Administration’s first issuance of sanctions against Russia for meddling in...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

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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