February 6, 2020 By: Glenda Juliano*, CAMS Just over twenty years ago, on 15 October 1999, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1267. This Resolution, and its...
US Treasury Requests Further Funds Increase For Sanctions, Terrorism, and OFAC IT Infrastructure
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Wake Up To Sanctions
SanctionsAlert.com Sanctions Round Up March 27, 2018 North Korea Generates $200 Million in Illicit Revenue and Continues to ‘Flout’ International Law - UN Report Claims On March...
The Relatively Little-Known Role of the U.S. State Department in Sanctioning Terrorists and its Consequences
December 5, 2017 In addition to the U.S. Treasury, the U.S. State Department has great influence over the implementation of U.S. sanctions policy in designating terrorists....
Indictment of Lebanese Businessman, Tajideen, Points to Bold Methods of Sanctions Enforcement by DoJ and May Trigger Compliance Headaches for Banks
July 14, 2017 By Anna Sayre, Legal Content Writer, SanctionsAlert.com On March 24, 2017, Kassim Tajideen, an international financier and businessman operating a network of...
OFAC’s annual “Terrorist Assets Report” provides useful information regarding current U.S. sanctions
By: Anna Sayre, reporter SanctionsAlert.com Date: June 15, 2016 On June 6, 2016, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released its 24th...