Burma-related Designations; Belarus Designations and Designation Update; Publication of Belarus Sanctions Regulations; Publication of Jet Fuel Alert

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is amending the Belarus Sanctions Regulations and reissuing them in their entirety. This regulatory amendment is currently available for public inspection with the Federal Regist...

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Publication of Tri-Seal Compliance Note: Cracking Down on Third-Party Intermediaries Used to Evade Russia-Related Sanctions and Export Controls

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), issued a Tri-Seal Compliance Note: Cracking Down on...

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Counter Narcotics and Iran-related Designations; Russia-related Designations Updates; Issuance of Iran-related General License and Guidance; Publication of Fraud Alert

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published an Alert "Notice of Fraudulent Communications Requesting Payments involving OFAC" to make the public aware of telephone, email, and letter scams involving individual...

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Settlement Agreement between the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and Godfrey Phillips India, Ltd.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced a $332,500 settlement with Godfrey Phillips India Limited ("GPI"). GPI, a Mumbai, India-registered tobacco company, has agreed to settle its potential civil ...

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Russia-related Designations and Designations Updates; Belarus Designations; Publication of Russia-related Determination; Issuance of Russia-related General Licenses and Associated Frequently Asked Questions

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is issuing Russia-related General License 8F, "Authorizing Transactions Related to Energy," General License 13D, "Authorizing Certain Administrative Transactions Prohibited by Dir...

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Russia-related Designations and Designations Updates; Belarus Designations; Publication of Russia-related Determination; Issuance of Russia-related General Licenses and Associated Frequently Asked Questions

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is issuing Russia-related General License 8F, "Authorizing Transactions Related to Energy," General License 13D, "Authorizing Certain Administrative Transactions Prohibited by Dir...

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Sanctions Compliance Guidance for Authorized Transactions Related to Earthquake Relief Efforts in Syria

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is issuing an OFAC Compliance Communique: Guidance on Authorized Transactions Related to Earthquake Relief Efforts in Syria in response to questions from the NGO community an...

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