On 13 May 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that his administration will start “restoring the normal relationship” with Syria’s new government and “ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria.” While, at the...more
On 9 October 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published its first ever unilateral guidance specifically addressed to financial institutions (FIs). The Guidance to Financial...more
10/22/2024
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Country of Origin ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Trade Zones ,
Jurisdiction ,
Military End Use ,
National Security ,
New Guidance ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Voluntary Disclosure
K2 Integrity delivers information and analysis on recent developments related to sanctions against Russia and key implications for the public, private, and non-profit sectors as the United States (U.S.), the European Union...more
10/13/2022
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Belarus Sanctions ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Human Rights ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil Prices ,
Russia ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
UK ,
Ukraine
K2 Integrity delivers information and analysis on recent developments related to sanctions against Russia and key implications for the public, private, and non-profit sectors as the United States (U.S.), the European Union...more
9/16/2022
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Corruption ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
FinCEN ,
G7 ,
Human Rights ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Orders of Prohibition ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Semiconductors ,
Trade Restrictions ,
UK ,
Ukraine
The Week in Review delivers information and analysis on recent developments related to sanctions against Russia and key implications for the public, private, and non-profit sectors as the United States (U.S.), the European...more
7/21/2022
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Human Rights ,
Lithuania ,
National Economic Crime Center (NECC) ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
UK ,
Ukraine ,
Uzbekistan
The Week in Review delivers information and analysis on recent developments related to sanctions against Russia and key implications for the public, private, and non-profit sectors as the United States (U.S.), the European...more
6/30/2022
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Asset Freeze ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Canada ,
Corruption ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Export Controls ,
FinCEN ,
Human Rights ,
Japan ,
Nonprofits ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Privately Held Corporations ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Russia ,
Sovereign Debt ,
UK ,
Ukraine ,
US Department of State
The Week in Review delivers the impact and analysis for the public, private, and non-profit sectors from our regular reporting of the evolving global sanctions campaign against Russia.
This week, we reviewed the recent...more
5/19/2022
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Human Rights ,
Hungary ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Russia ,
UK ,
Ukraine
The Week in Review delivers the impact and analysis for the public, private, and non-profit sectors from our regular reporting of the evolving global sanctions campaign against Russia.
This week, we reviewed the recent...more
4/27/2022
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Blocking Sanctions ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Money Laundering ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
UK ,
Ukraine ,
Virtual Currency
The Week in Review delivers the impact and analysis for the public, private, and non-profit sectors from our regular reporting of the evolving global sanctions campaign against Russia.
This week, we reviewed the recent...more
4/27/2022
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Belarus ,
Blocking Sanctions ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Energy Sector ,
EU ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Transactions ,
Human Rights ,
Imports ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Software ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Suspensions ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
UK ,
Ukraine
The Week in Review delivers the impact and analysis for the public, private, and non-profit sectors from our daily reporting of the evolving global sanctions campaign against Russia. ...more
3/28/2022
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Cryptocurrency ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Institutions ,
General Licenses ,
Money Laundering ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
U.S. Treasury ,
UK ,
Ukraine
The Week in Review delivers the impact and analysis for the public, private, and non-governmental sectors from our daily reporting of the evolving global sanctions campaign against Russia.
This week, we reviewed the recent...more
3/11/2022
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Belarus ,
Biden Administration ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Entity List ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Transactions ,
FinCEN ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
SWIFT ,
Trade Restrictions ,
Travel Restrictions ,
UK ,
Ukraine