OSFI
On July 18th and 22nd, 2016, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) released the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC’s) Al’Qaida and Taliban regulations updates to the sanctions list, deleting one individual and amending another.
The individuals are subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 2 of Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
The review of the individual who was deleted from the list was triggered by regularly scheduled updates. However, no additional information was available regarding the justification.
The amendment of one individual’s information included the following:
- A physical description;
- The confirmation of the most recent position held within the Taliban, as of April 2015; and
- That they are currently involved in drug trafficking and operate a heroin laboratory in Afghanistan.
See the July 18th update on the United Nations (UN) website.
See the July 22nd update on the United Nations (UN) website.
OFAC
The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Branch, The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), released three updates last week. One update was related to the addition of three individuals to the Counter Terrorism Designations list. The second update was related to the addition of multiple individuals and entities to the Syria and Non-proliferation Designations lists. The final update last week was to the Kingpin Act and Panama-related Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding General Licenses.
OFAC administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on U.S. foreign policy and national security goals. The sanctions target countries, regimes, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and other threats to the national security, foreign policy or economy of the U.S.
The changes to the Counter Terrorism Designations list included three individuals of different nationalities, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Algeria, though all have been linked to Al Qa’ida.
The update to the Syria Sanctions list included eight individuals, all of whom are Syrian. The seven entities, which range from construction, to finance to manufacturing industries and vary in location, which include:
- Syria;
- Saint Kitts and Nevis;
- Cyprus;
- UAE; and
The update to the Kingpin Act and Panama-related FAQs are specific General License 5B and 6B
See the Counter Terrorism Designations list update on OFAC’s website.
See the Syrian and Non-proliferation Designations lists update on OFAC’s website.
See the Kingpin Act and Panama-related General License FAQs update on OFAC’s website.
See OFAC’s recent actions page.
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