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The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control published guidance relating to the provision of certain temporary sanctions relief.

So far, 2019 has shown enhanced trade sanctions controls for both the maritime and international trade industries.

OFAC designated a Chinese state-run oil trader and its chief executive for violating U.S. sanctions by purchasing Iranian oil.

OFAC designated four companies that operate in the Venezuelan oil sector and identified nine vessels as blocked property owned by the companies.

OFAC sanctioned a Lebanese national, identified as Kassem Chams ("Chams"), and affiliated organizations as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers.

OFAC designated the Central Bank of Iran ("CBI"), the National Development Fund of Iran ("NDF"), and an Iran-based company for providing funding mechanisms

OFAC sanctioned a Syrian oligarch and associated individuals and entities that support the Assad regime. The Treasury Department stated

The U.S. government escalated sanctions against the Russian Federation following the U.S. Department of State's determination that, in connection with Russia's alleged use of the "Novichok"

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control ("OFAC") further escalated sanctions on Burma by adding two large Burmese military holding companies to its List of...

Pursuant to Executive Order 13850, the U.S. Treasury Department ("Treasury") Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") designated Venezuela's national development ...

In an advisory, the Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC"), the State Department and the Coast Guard (collectively, the "agencies") warned parties involved...

The European anti-fraud agency OLAF has issued a press release on an investigation it has coordinated into the export of 766 transport vehicles to Russia despite the exporters claiming they were destined for one of Türkiye, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Moldova.

The Miami Herald is reporting that the Cuban government used the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca to create at least 25 corporations registered in the British Virgin Islands, Panama and the Bahamas.

Partner Rachel Alpert was recently featured on the American Bar Association's National Security Law Today podcast, where she discussed how the International Emergency Economic Powers Act...

Whichever way November 5 goes, it is likely that export controls enforcement and sanctions implementation will continue to ramp up.

President Obama issued an Executive Order authorizing sanctions against certain persons found responsible for the recent violence in South Sudan.

On March 3, 2022, President Joseph Biden announced that the United States was sanctioning an extensive list of "Russian elites" and their family members.