Search for: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY" Results 141 - 160 of 594
Sorted by Relevance | Sort by Date
RSS Subscribe: 20 results | 100 results
28 Oct 2020, 5:01 am by Kelsey Landau
On the contrary, a leading enabler of such practices is the United States—and so, too, does the United States bear many of their ill effects. [read post]
14 Oct 2011, 10:24 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Department of the Treasury on October 14, 2011 released the following: “Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member Berman, and distinguished members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the Treasury Department’s efforts to implement and enforce Iran and Syria sanctions. [read post]
Ban does not apply to proprietary trading: in U.S. government and agency securities; GSE-issued securities; and state and municipal securities, but only if the covered entity is independently authorized to engage in such proprietary trading and subject to any conditions imposed by the covered entity’s “appropriate Federal banking agency;” or conducted solely outside of the United States by a foreign or other company pursuant to Section 4(c)(9)… [read post]
7 May 2011, 3:53 am by Jason Poblete
To their credit, the Obama Administration has done a good job of methodically putting in place a holistic process that has taken a fulsome look at most of the trade security system (the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign of Assets Control and economic sanctions, to my knowledge, were not included in the review, nor were the nuclear technology export rules); however, some of us on the outside have wondered if pan reform was necessary… [read post]
1 May 2012, 9:06 pm by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Treasury and its Office of Foreign Assets Control already have similar powers to lock companies or individuals out of the U.S. banking system, thus effectively shutting them out of the global system. [read post]
29 Nov 2022, 6:45 am by Jocelyn Trainer
The United States and its allies have frozen $330 billion in assets from Russian elites and Moscow bank funds. [read post]
Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to block any funds transiting accounts linked to North Korea that come within the U.S. or possession of a U.S. [read post]
9 Nov 2017, 3:44 pm
Department of the Treasury Treasury, Commerce, and State Implement Changes to the CubaSanctions RulesAmendments Implement President Trump’s June 2017 National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the… [read post]
Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued an “Updated Advisory on Potential Sanctions Risks for Facilitating Ransomware Payments” (the “Updated Advisory”). [read post]
11 Jun 2020, 9:13 am by Elliot Setzer
These actions on the part of the ICC, in turn, threaten to infringe upon the sovereignty of the United States and impede the critical national security and foreign policy work of United States Government and allied officials, and thereby threaten the national security and foreign policy of the United States. [read post]
 Pursuant to the sanctions, the properties connected to these entities will have to be reported to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). [read post]
10 Mar 2022, 6:30 am by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
  On February 24 and 28, 2022, the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced more expansive sanctions on Russia in response to Russia’s military escalation into a full-scale invasion and occupation of Ukraine. [read post]
4 Nov 2022, 7:56 am by OTy9gYz
Most recently, in connection with the Russian military actions on the territory of Ukraine, the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has placed hundreds of individuals on sanctioned persons lists, which operate to limit listed individuals’ access to financial markets.[2] The most recent development of U.S. regulation has been seen following the July 2020 report by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental… [read post]
29 Sep 2016, 10:29 pm by Edward A. Fallone
He heard nothing further from OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control, the part of Treasury that enforces the embargo) for two years. . . . . [read post]
28 Feb 2013, 10:16 am by Rick St. Hilaire
“Also before us is the position of the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which is responsible for administering and enforcing economic and trade sanctions, including promulgating the regulations at issue here. [read post]
17 May 2024, 6:39 pm by Bekim Bruka | JURIST Staff, US
This means that these assets are effectively frozen, and any transaction that could involve them is prohibited without acquiring an authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). [read post]
13 Jun 2018, 9:37 am by Matthew D. Lee
For example, just a few months ago, the Justice Department’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit announced a coordinated resolution with Brazil and Singapore.[4] The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division routinely cooperates with numerous foreign agencies in merger investigations, and its National Security Division works with the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control… [read post]
31 Oct 2020, 3:45 pm by Rick St. Hilaire
When the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) publishes an Advisory that warns a particular business sector to maintain compliance, that typically means the U.S. [read post]