Economic Sanctions, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Training

Managing Sanctions Compliance

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 5/15/2025

It’s not a good time to be a manufacturer of ten-foot poles. That’s because with the growing number of sanctions regimes, there are an increasing number of companies and individuals that businesses shouldn’t touch with a poll...more

Is Your Russia–Ukraine And Overall Sanctions Compliance Program Really Working? (Don’t Find Out the Hard Way)

Guidepost Solutions LLC on 2/28/2022

How do you know if your sanctions compliance program (“SCP”) is really working? Can your firm really afford to find out the hard way – violations with major penalties, especially after regulators uncover your management did...more

SPACs and Sanctions: Due Diligence Considerations

K2 Integrity on 6/11/2021

Economic sanctions have been increasingly used by countries and international organizations as a tool of foreign policy and national security. This increase in the use of sanctions, particularly by the U.S. Department of the...more

OFAC’s New Sanctions Compliance Training and Testing Requirements (Part IV of IV)

The Volkov Law Group on 6/7/2019

When providing compliance program guidance, the Justice Department and OFAC, like every compliance practitioner, will pay homage to the relatively obvious point that there is no one-size-fits-all compliance solution. ...more

OFAC Issues Sanctions Guidance and the Concept of Culture Gains Traction (With Chinese Translation)

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 5/23/2019

On May 2, 2019, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”)—the U.S. agency tasked with administering and enforcing the U.S.’s economic and trade sanctions programs—published A Framework for...more

OFAC Issues Sanctions Guidance and the Concept of Culture Gains Traction

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 5/17/2019

On May 2, 2019, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”)—the U.S. agency tasked with administering and enforcing the U.S.’s economic and trade sanctions programs—published A Framework for...more

OFAC’s 5 Essential Components of an Effective Sanctions Compliance Program

Latham & Watkins LLP on 5/9/2019

OFAC outlines baseline considerations for evaluating a risk-based sanctions compliance program. On May 2, 2019, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published A Framework for OFAC Compliance...more

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