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On January 22, 2024, the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia announced an additional round of coordinated sanctions designations of individuals, entities, and aircraft linked to Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (“PIJ”). This coordinated action builds on recent joint US-UK and unilateral US designations. Our prior blog post on the October 18, 2023 US designations is available here. US Sanctions On January 22, 2024, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”)…

On November 2, 2023, the United States government issued new Russia-related sanctions targeting more than 200 individuals and entities. OFAC also issued three new Russia-related General Licenses and reissued another one, and the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) added 13 entities to the Entity List. SDN Designations The US Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) and the US Department of State added a range of targeted…

On July 26, 2023, the US Departments of Treasury, Commerce, and Justice published a Tri-Seal Compliance Note on the voluntary self-disclosure (“VSD”) of potential violations of US sanctions, export controls, and other national security laws (the “VSD Note”). This publication is the second Tri-Seal Compliance Note issued by the agencies and continues the enforcement focus on the sanctions and export control measures targeting Russia in particular and national security concerns more generally. The first Tri-Seal…