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Episode 118 -- Update on OFAC Enforcement and Lessons Learned
On June 25, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) at the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated three Mexico-based financial institutions as primary money laundering concerns under Section 311 of the USA...more
Building on prior relief of sanctions and other restrictive trade measures earlier this year (as described in K2 Integrity alerts dated 15 May and 09 June 2025), on 30 June 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a new...more
On June 25, 2025, FinCEN issued its first orders under the 2024 FEND Off Fentanyl Act (FOFA), imposing special measures against three Mexican financial firms—CIBanco S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple (CIBanco), Intercam...more
General License (GL) 25 authorizes transactions previously prohibited by various regulations. Specifically, Section (a) broadly authorizes activities previously prohibited under the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC)’s...more
We have some new vernacular to bring into the compliance arena — companies need to address risks of interacting with cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). Companies need to understand the laws used to...more
Today’s alert—the second in our Sanctions 2023 Year in Review Series—provides an overview of U.S. sanctions enforcement in 2023, including the key lessons learned from the public enforcement actions issued by the U.S....more
On February 1, 2024, President Biden issued an Executive Order imposing certain sanctions on persons determined to be undermining peace, security, and stability in the West Bank. In response to current hostilities and...more
Key Points - On December 22, 2023, President Biden issued E.O. 14114 “Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the Russian Federation’s Harmful Activities.” Specifically, E.O. 14114, which amends E.O. 14024 and E.O. 14068,...more
On 6 November 2023, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security issued a joint notice concerning a new Suspicious Activity Report key...more
Over the last several months, companies have become entangled in an increasingly complex web of new and expanded sanctions and export control restrictions related to Russia in response to its war on Ukraine. The current...more
Complex Civil and Criminal Cases Converge - On August 17, 2023, Judge Robert Pitman of the federal district court for the Western District of Texas issued an Order granting summary judgment for the U.S. Treasury Department...more
In May 2023, the leaders of the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom gathered in Hiroshima, Japan, for the annual G7 summit. The symbolic significance of these global leaders meeting in...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) took a number of actions under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) on May 19, 2023. Here are some of the key U.S. export control actions...more
On May 19, 2023, the Biden administration announced another major round of U.S. sanctions and export controls against Russia and Belarus in response to the ongoing war in Ukraine, in coordination with the G7 Leaders’ Summit...more
On February 9, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), in coordination with the UK, announced sanctions against seven individuals who allegedly are involved in a Russia-based cybercrime gang...more
On February 1, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced it is imposing “full blocking sanctions against 22 individuals and entities across multiple countries related to a sanctions...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Oct. 11, 2022, announced a more than $24.28 million settlement with Bittrex Inc. (Bittrex), a Bellevue, Washington-based company that offers...more
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
The Bass, Berry & Sims international trade team is actively monitoring the situation in Russia and Ukraine and providing real-time advice to clients on managing the situation. This post summarizes new U.S. sanctions and...more
I. OFAC Prohibits Gold Importation from the Russian Federation - Implementing the declaration of G-7 leaders on June 26, 2022, the United States has joined the UK, Canada and Japan in prohibiting the importation of newly...more
The U.S. Government has imposed additional punitive measures against Russia in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. The new measures include a prohibition on imports of Russian gold into the United States, new SDN and...more
This is part of a series of advisory alerts from Venable's International Trade and Logistics Group, published in response to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Earlier alerts on Russia and Ukraine sanctions are available in...more
On June 27, 2022, the Biden Administration announced a new round of economic measures it is imposing in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The White House made the announcement in concert with the G7 leaders’ meeting...more
...Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces on February 24, the United States (U.S.), United Kingdom (UK), and the European Union (EU) have led a global sanctions campaign against Russia that has been...more
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