August 19, 2020 By: Saskia Rietbroek, Executive Director, ACSS After the U.S. government issued its Sanctions Advisory for the Maritime Industry in May 2020 (the ‘Maritime...
Ship Registries Agree to Information Pact To Help Avoid Sanctions Evasion
July 01, 2020 By: Natasha Bright, ACSS Reporter Jurisdictions like North Korea or Iran have long sought to evade sanctions through the maritime industry. To buy and sell...
New US Government Advisory Raises the Bar for Sanctions Compliance in relation to Ship Owners and Their Insurers
May 22, 2020 By: Saskia Rietbroek, CSS, Executive Director, ACSS With millions of dollars in potential fines in the balance, on May 15, 2020, the U.S. government released new...
Six Compliance Lessons for Non-Banks from Recent OFAC Enforcement Actions
April 20, 2020 By: Jack Walsh, Reporter, ACSS Recently, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, has heightened its focus on industries outside the financial sector. The...
A Tough Cop in a Bad Neighborhood: Singapore’s Sanctions Regimes, Regulatory Authorities, and Areas of Concern for International Business
March 2, 2020 By: Jack Walsh, Content Writer, ACSS From a regulatory perspective, Singapore is an intriguing case study. On the one hand, the country is a financial and...
Maritime Shipping Compliance Guidance Focuses on Automatic Identification Systems
June 21, 2019 By: Natasha Bright, Reporter ACSS Compliance with sanctions isn’t just a bank issue. In the past year, the Office of Foreign Assets Control has begun to focus on...
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