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Sanctions Relief For Syria: The United States And European Union Offer Broad Sanctions Relief To Syria

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Building on the Quick Take Alert K2 Integrity published on 15 May 2025, this alert outlines the recent developments regarding the easing of Syria sanctions. While the United States has not fully lifted its Syria sanctions, it...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Rules in Motion, May 2025 - U.S. Issues Broad Sanctions Relief for Syria

On May 23, 2025, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued Syria General License 25, which provides broad authorization for U.S. persons to engage in dealings prohibited under the Syrian Sanctions...more

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U.S. Treasury announces new sanctions targeting Russian banks, warns foreign financial institutions from using Russian alternative...

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has designated dozens of Russian banks including Gazprombank and issued an alert warning foreign financial institutions of the risk of U.S. sanction for...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Banking and Consumer Regulatory Digest - October 2023

The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically focusing on:...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

New Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Law Makes Economic Sanctions Violations Reportable

To more effectively counter transnational corruption and economic sanctions evasion, recent changes to the U.S. anti-money laundering (“AML”) whistleblower regime expand and reinforce whistleblower protections and rewards in...more

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FinCEN Warns Against Evasion of Russian Sanctions

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In this Issue. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published an alert warning financial institutions of possible efforts to evade U.S.-imposed sanctions on Russia and Belarus; the U.S. Department of the Treasury...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Venezuela Update: November 19, 2019

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Oct. 21, 2019, renewed for three months a license granted to several U.S. oil companies so that they may continue operating in the country until Jan. 22, 2020. Chevron is the only...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Treasury Imposes Additional Restrictions on Remittances to Cuba and “U-Turn” Transactions

On September 9, 2019, the Trump administration implemented additional U.S. sanctions on Cuba by restricting personal remittances to Cuba and eliminating authorization for U.S. banks to process “U-turn” transactions involving...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Trump Administration Authorizes Lawsuits Against Companies that Deal in Property Confiscated by the Cuban Government and Tightens...

• Yesterday, May 2, the United States government allowed implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, for the first time since the law was enacted in 1996, to permit U.S. nationals to sue persons that “traffic” in...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Spanish

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Russian

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Chinese

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - October 2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

OFAC Sanctions Leading Russian Businessmen, Government Officials and Companies

• On April 6, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) placed seven prominent Russian businessmen, 12 companies, 17 senior Russian government officials, and a state-owned Russian...more

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