

OFAC reaches settlement with Kollmorgen Corporation for Iran sanctions circumvention and updates FSE
On February 7, 2019 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) settled with Virginia-based Kollmorgen...


e.l.f. Cosmetics, Inc. settles with OFAC for apparent North Korea sanctions violations
On 31 January 2019 e.l.f. Cosmetics, Inc. (“ELF”) of Oakland, California settled with the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of...

U.S. issues a new executive order, general licenses and a designation against Venezuela
On 25 January 2019 U.S. President Trump signed an Executive Order entitled “Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency...


3 companies removed by OFAC from the SDN list
On 27 January 2019 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it has removed En+ Group...

U.S. publishes report on the impact of Iranian sanctions
On 4 January 2019 the U.S. Congressional Research Service released its Iran Sanctions report. This report analyzes U.S. and international...


Additional Venezuelan sanctions by OFAC
On 8 January 2019 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned seven individuals, 23...

UK extends chemical weapons sanctions to Overseas Territories
Effective 9 January 2019, the United Kingdom’s Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2018 makes operative European...

Six new additions to the U.S. Denied Persons List
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has added six new individuals to the Denied Persons List:...

U.S. President signs act for new sanctions against Nicaragua
On 20 December 2018 U.S President Trump signed H.R. 1918, the ‘‘Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018.’’ This Act issues...


OFAC reaches a settlement agreement with Zoltek
On 20 December 2018 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it has settled with...