Managing Sanctions Compliance
Innovation in Compliance: Navigating Regulatory Changes and Compliance in Trade and Data Privacy with Stephanie Font
Navigating 2025: Trends in OFAC and DOJ Enforcement for Digital Assets — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Virtual Currency Regulations: Key Insights for the Payments Industry — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 54 - The Flaws of FARA: Feeble Oversight of Billions in Foreign Influence
Episode 352 -- Review of 2024 DOJ and SEC Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance
Unpacking the Fifth Circuit's Landmark Tornado Cash Decision — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
The Justice Insiders Podcast - The Ever-Expanding Net: Corporate Compliance in an Era of Increasing Trade Sanctions and Restrictions
Episode 328 -- Sanctions Enforcement Risks and Redlines
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: Third-Party Risks and Sanctions Compliance
Episode 324 -- Third-Party Risks and Sanctions Compliance
Will Resiliency Carry the Digital Asset Sector Through 2024: Federal Legislative Developments and OFAC Consent Orders — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: Deep Dive into SCG Plastics’ $20 Million Settlement with OFAC to Resolve Violations of Iran Sanctions Program
Episode 319 -- Deep Dive into SCG Plastics' $20 Million Settlement with OFAC for Violations of the Iran Sanctions Program
Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: Evolution of Export Controls
Wiley’s Top 10 Trade Developments: Heightened Sanctions and Export Control Enforcement
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: Trade Compliance Trends and Expectations with Gabrielle Griffith
Episode 308 -- Gabrielle Griffith, Director BPE Global, on Trade Compliance
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: DOJ and OFAC Sanctions Enforcement Review for 2023
Episode 307 -- Sanctions Enforcement Review and Predictions for 2024
On November 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) sanctioned 21 high-ranking Venezuelan officials aligned with Nicolás Maduro. These sanctions, issued under Executive Order...more
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently released two general licenses relating to Russia and Venezuela. Newly issued Russia-related General License (GL) 69 authorizes certain debt...more
On January 9, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued Venezuela-related General License (GL) 31B, “Certain Transactions Involving the IV Venezuelan National Assembly and Certain Other Persons.”...more
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) is a busy enforcement agency. OFAC has implemented the comprehensive Russia Sanctions Program in response to Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine. The scope and...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) had a busy week last week. In addition to adding names of individuals to its list of Specially Designated Nationals (“SDNs”) and releasing its...more
- On February 18, 2020, OFAC designated Rosneft Trading, S.A. (Rosneft Trading), a subsidiary of Russia-based Open Joint-Stock Company Rosneft Oil Company (Rosneft Oil Company), and its president, Didier Casimiro, on the SDN...more
On November 5, 2019 the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued two General Licenses (GLs) authorizing specific transactions involving the Government of Venezuela and categories of persons blocked by Executive Order...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
In what amounts to a nearly total economic embargo against the government of Venezuela, President Trump issued an executive order on August 5 that imposes sweeping economic sanctions designed to target the Maduro regime. ...more
In a significant escalation of economic pressure on Venezuela’s Maduro regime, President Trump issued an executive order on August 5 that blocks all Venezuelan government property in the U.S. or in the possession of U.S....more
Hot on the heels of the “Saturday Surprise,” the Trump Administration initiated “Monday Madness” earlier this week when the President issued new Executive Order (E.O.) 13884 blocking any property and interests in property of...more
• President Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order expanding the current sanctions relating to Venezuela by blocking all property and interests in property of the government of Venezuela and the Nicolás Maduro regime. ...more
On August 5, 2019, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13884, Executive Order Blocking Property of the Government of Venezuela (EO 13884). EO 13884 is designed to further increase pressure on the Nicolás Maduro...more
In this episode, Akin Gump public law and policy senior advisor and former U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and international trade partner Nnedi Ifudu discuss U.S. sanctions on Venezuela. Among the topics covered: • the...more
• OFAC recently added a Moscow-based Russian-Venezuelan joint venture bank, Evrofinance Mosnarbank (“Evrofinance”), to the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (the “SDN List”) for engaging in sanctions...more
• The U.S. Department of the Treasury's (Treasury) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated five officials affiliated with the regime of Nicolas Maduro pursuant to Executive Order 13850 (E.O. 13850), including...more
As discussed in our previous alert, on January 28, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA) on the Specially Designated Nationals and...more
On January 28, 2019, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA) on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List). PdVSA...more
• On January 28, 2019, OFAC added the Venezuelan state-owned oil and natural gas company PdVSA to its SDN List. • As a result, U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with PdVSA and entities that...more
• Pursuant to Executive Order 13850 (E.O. 13850), the U.S. Department of the Treasury's (Treasury) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA), effectively blocking PdVSA's property...more
Arising out of last week’s announcement by the United States to recognize the opposition government in Venezuela, on Monday the Treasury Department designated Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA), on the Specially Designated...more
OFAC adds PdVSA to its sanctions list and simultaneously issues general licenses temporarily allowing certain transactions and activities involving PdVSA. On January 28, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign...more
Yesterday, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA) pursuant to Executive Order 13850, adding the state-owned Venezuelan oil company to its...more
In 2018, the United States continued to expand its sanctions programs and increase enforcement. While President Donald Trump’s decision to re-impose nuclear-related sanctions on Iran has perhaps drawn the most attention, key...more