The Justice Insiders Podcast - The Ever-Expanding Net: Corporate Compliance in an Era of Increasing Trade Sanctions and Restrictions
Understanding the Additional Risks When Making a Ransomware Payment
WorldSmart: The Extraordinary Sanctions Against Russia - What Happens Next?
BSA, OFAC, KYC, and CIP – What do they mean to me? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 29]
Compliance Perspectives: Sanctions, Data and Vetting Third Parties
FINCast Ep. 19 - The DPRK Sanctions Program
Episode 118 -- Update on OFAC Enforcement and Lessons Learned
On March 12, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) allowed General License (GL) 8L under the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations to expire. As a result, broad OFAC...more
Effective February 20, 2025, the United States Designated Eight Cartels and Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs)....more
The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a formal guidance letter stating that certain kinds of Specially Designated Nationals could speak at a public conference to share their individual...more
Days before President Biden leaves the White House, the U.S. government has delivered a major blow against Russia. On January 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced...more
The US government signals careful optimism with a new general license authorizing some previously prohibited transactions, including many (but not all) transactions with Syrian governing institutions, for the next six months....more
On December 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License (GL) 1B (Authorizing Certain Activities Involving Federal State Budgetary Institution Marine Rescue...more
In a significant development underscoring the U.S. government’s continued efforts to counter Russia’s destabilizing activities, the U.S. Department of the Treasury recently announced the designation of Gazprombank as a...more
You've been hit by a ransomware attack, and a cybercriminal group is demanding a cryptocurrency payment in exchange for your data's safe return. Should you pay? Deciding whether to pay a ransom is an internal business...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has designated dozens of Russian banks including Gazprombank and issued an alert warning foreign financial institutions of the risk of U.S. sanction for...more
The proposed regulations would implement President Biden’s Executive Order that restricts certain outbound investments from the US. On June 21, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued a Notice of Proposed...more
On March 15, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against three individuals in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), pursuant to Executive Orders 14033 or 14059. ...more
The US Treasury opens a Pandora’s box of legal issues as it targets a decentralized finance protocol used for both licit and illicit means. On August 8, 2022, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets...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
On Oct. 18, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) announced the results of its review of U.S. economic and financial sanctions. During her confirmation hearing in January 2021, Janet L. Yellen, secretary of...more
As we approach year’s end, and the pace of legislative activity ramps up, it remains critical to keep a close eye on the sanctions-related bills currently making their way, at varying speeds, through the U.S. legislative...more
Recently, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) sanctioned various individuals and entities connected to Russia’s technology sector and also expanded sanctions against dealings in Russian...more
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a new “Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments” (the “Framework”). The Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) is the Treasury Department’s arm that administers...more
• On April 8, 2019, the U.S. government announced its intention to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, effective April 15, 2019. This unprecedented action will result...more
• Economic sanctions and export restrictions extended • Russian investment in United States likely subject to heightened scrutiny • Diligence on Russia transactions and business partners is essential to ensure...more
• Effective October 13, 2017, President Trump declined to provide certification that the JCPOA is in the United States’ national interest. Following this “decertification,” the U.S. Congress has 60 days in which to introduce...more
On July 31, 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the addition of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to its list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons...more
Ahead of a Constituent Assembly that could re-write the Venezuelan Constitution and dissolve state institutions, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has designated 13 current and former Venezuelan...more
On Friday, February 3, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced it was designating 25 entities and individuals as Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) for their involvement in...more