On February 16, 2021, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) removed Ansarallah, a political movement and militia group in Yemen also known as the Houthis, from the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (“SDN List”). Ansarallah had been added to the SDN List on January 19, 2021, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (“FTO”) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (“SDGT”). As a result of the removal, US Persons no longer require…
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- Biden Administration Removes Ansarallah from the SDN List and Revokes Its Designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
- BIS Implements the Rescission of Sudan’s Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism
- US Government Imposes Sanctions Against Burma
- Five additional designations under the UK’s Myanmar/Burma Sanctions Regime
- Ukraine: Sanctions for doing business in the Crimea and occupied territories in the East of Ukraine
- The UK and Canada impose additional sanctions against Myanmar officials for human rights violations
- UK, US and Canadian Governments Announce New Measures Over Alleged Xinjiang, China Human Rights Concerns
- BIS Amends the EAR to Enhance Certain End-Use and End-User Controls as well as Controls on Certain Activities of US Persons
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On January 14, 2021, the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) amended the Export Administration…
US Government Imposes Sanctions Against Burma
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Following the designations announced last week (see our recent post), the UK has designated 5 further individuals under…
On 19 February 2021, Ukraine imposed[1] personal sanctions against a number of companies and individuals doing business in…
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