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The U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") designated six Russian individuals and eight entities for "continued and ongoing" actions against Ukraine.

The U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") designated numerous Russian operatives for interfering in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election

The U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") extended the expiration date of certain General Licenses concerning companies on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list.

OFAC amended a general license authorizing certain activities involving the Government of Venezuela.

OFAC extended through June 3, 2021 the authorization of the wind down of transactions involving certain Belarusian entities, otherwise prohibited by the Belarus Sanctions Regulations.

On June 27, 2023, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC"), in conjunction with USAID, and the Departments of Commerce, Homeland Security, and Labor, published an Africa Gold Advisory identifying risks related to the gold industry.

OFAC issued Burma Sanctions Regulations to implement Executive Order 14014.

Publication of Frequently Asked Question Related to Xiaomi Corporation and Removal of Existing FAQ.

OFAC issued two FAQs addressing the application of sanctions on certain Chinese military companies under Executive Order ("EO") 13959.

In a new FAQ, OFAC addressed the treatment under Executive Order 13902 ("Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran") of Iranian manufacturers who provide humanitarian goods.

The new rules are effective as of their publication in the Federal Register on September 4, 2019.

In a final rule, OFAC amended and reissued, in its entirety, the Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part 590.

On October 24, 2019, OFAC replaced and superseded a General License clarifying certain transactions regarding any equity interest in an entity owned 50 percent or more by the Venezuelan government.

OFAC designated a Dominican Republic-based Peralta Drug Trafficking Organization ("Peralta DTO") and its drug kingpin, identifying the entities as "significant foreign narcotics trafficker[s]"

OFAC designated the Foreign Minister of Iran for his actions on behalf of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran ("Leader").

OFAC sanctioned the Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company ("PGPIC") for providing financial support to the engineering conglomerate of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ("IRGC").

OFAC designated an Iranian cyber company, along with six linked Iranian nationals.