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Azza Air Transport, former Cargo airline, in the SDN List. The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, also known as the SDN List, is a United States government sanctions/embargo measure targeting U.S.-designated terrorists, officials and beneficiaries of certain authoritarian regimes, and international criminals (e.g. drug traffickers).
OFAC is headquartered in the Freedman's Bank Building, located across the street from the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C.. In addition to the Trading with the Enemy Act and the various national emergencies currently in effect, OFAC derives its authority from a variety of U.S. federal laws, particularly the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), regarding embargoes and ...
Executive Order 14059, officially titled Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade, was signed on December 15, 2021, and is the 75th executive order signed by U.S. President Joe Biden. The telos of the order is to enforce sanctions upon foreigners involved in global illicit drug trade.
According to OFAC, there are approximately 12,000 names on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN) list, [13] which is the most restrictive category of targeted U.S. sanctions, targeting U.S.-designated terrorists, officials and beneficiaries of certain authoritarian regimes, and international criminals (e.g. drug ...
It maintains a list of individuals and organizations identified by Executive Order 13224, from the U.S. Department of State website. One of the first organisations that Executive Order 13224 was used on was the Palestinian-American charity the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development. It was raided and closed on 4 December 2001.
Two non-statutory categories have been created in addition to the statutory category of "priority foreign country", which once identified as such needs to be investigated and if found in breach with a trade agreement is subject to possible "retaliation actions" under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. "Priority Watch List" and "Watch List ...
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russia's Foreign Ministry, said Nuland was in the sanctions list that prohibits individuals from entering the country, but it has been removed after the US nixed a similar restriction, barring a Russian citizen from entering the country. "Indeed, she was on a sanction list.
World-Check [1] is a database of politically exposed persons (PEPs) and 'heightened risk' individuals and organizations. World Check formed part of the Thomson Reuters Risk Management Solutions suite before being transferred to Refinitiv after a merger deal with The Blackstone Group in October 2018.