August 29, 2020 By: Robert L. Williams III CAMS, Consultant* For the first half of 2020, OFAC has continued to focus on the Government of Venezuela, the shipping industry, and...
E.U. and U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela: The Likely Effectiveness of a New Collaborative Crackdown on Sanctions Evasion
August 24, 2020 By: Ingo Steinhaeuser, Director of Financial & Risk, Refinitiv * Following the departure or ejection of its ambassador to Venezuela in June 2020, the European...
Smuggler’s Paradise: How Venezuela is Using “Blood Gold” to Circumvent U.S. Sanctions
August 21, 2020 By: Jack Walsh, Reporter ACSS Over the past five years, a combination of rock-bottom oil prices and heavy U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry has caused...
Sanctioned Nations Investigate Launching Cryptocurrency to Evade Sanctions
November 7, 2019 By: Natasha Bright, ACSS Reporter Last month, there were news reports that claimed that North Korea was developing its own cryptocurrency. Like many things...
The Problem of Venezuela: Current Sanctions Imposed and Tips for Challenges Faced by Compliance Suites
September 11, 2019 By: Anna Sayre, Head of Legal Content, ACSS In recent times, relations between the U.S. and Venezuela have gone from bad to worse. Since President Nicolás...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Unintended Consequences of Sanctions from a Population Perspective
August 09, 2019 By: Glenda Juliano*, CAMS The U.S. currently maintains economic sanctions against many countries. Frequently criticized and often viewed as a paradox of U.S....