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Treasury Expands Operation Economic Outcast Toolbox With Focus on Foreign Financial Institutions

What to Know Treasury’s Operation Economic Outcast now targets foreign banks, digital-asset platforms and shadow-banking networks that help Iran reach the financial system. OFAC’s...

OFAC establece nuevas condiciones para operaciones con minerales en Venezuela

El organismo mantiene exclusiones y restricciones específicas sobre entidades o personas vinculadas con Rusia, Irán, Cuba, Corea del Norte y China, y exige que cualquier inversión,...

Secondary OFAC Sanctions: Enforcement Trends, Case Studies, and Exposure of Non-US Companies

La OFAC permite operaciones financieras para apoyar la atención por el doble terremoto en Venezuela

La licencia general N.º 60, vigente hasta el 21 de abril de 2027, permite movilizar y procesar fondos relacionados con las labores de socorro, incluso mediante transferencias desde...

OFAC 50 Percent Rule: Ownership Aggregation, SDN Risk, and Sanctions Compliance Strategy

OFAC General v. Specific Licenses Explained: U.S. Sanctions Authorization, Compliance Risks, and Enforcement Protection

Operation Economic Outcast: What Financial Institutions Need to Know About the Treasury Department’s Section 311 Action...

September 2026 U.S. Sanctions Roundup: “Operation Economic Outcast” Intensifies Against Iran, Cuba Rules Tighten, and OF...

Key Takeaways Iran: maximum pressure, operationalized. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated dozens of Iranian airlines, suspended long-standing aviation and huma...

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russian Bank in Latest Operation Economic Outcast Action

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Russian financial institution VTB Bank for its continued involvement in assisting Iranian sanc...

US Treasury sanctions Palestine Action, two other groups over alleged terrorism ties

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday sanctioned three organizations and two individuals, accusing UK-based Palestine Action, the...

Operation Economic Outcast Targets Charity Networks: What Banks Need to Know About FinCEN’s Latest Iran Alert

OFAC amplió licencias para los sectores petrolero, minero y de telecomunicaciones en Venezuela

Las medidas autorizan determinadas operaciones con el gobierno venezolano y empresas estatales, pero mantienen restricciones para transacciones con personas o entidades vinculadas...

OFAC Broadens Cuba Sanctions and Restricts Payments and Travel

OFAC’s ICC General License 14 has no stated expiration date, but does it reach eDiscovery services?

Editor’s Note: Washington’s Oct. 9 designation of the International Criminal Court extended U.S. sanctions from individuals and organizations around the court to the institution it...

US Operation Economic Outcast Targets Global Financial Lifelines

Operation Economic Outcast is preparing to expand its banking offensive, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying the U.S. plans to sanction another bank. The planned action fo...

OFAC amplió autorización para operaciones de EE UU con PDVSA

La medida mantiene restricciones sobre la deuda venezolana, los activos bloqueados y operaciones con países y entidades específicas, y excluye cambios en la estructura de gobierno...

US Sanctions Bitcoin Exchange for Handling Iran's Hormuz Transit Fees

The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control has identified and sanctioned an Iranian bitcoin exchange linked to the "Hormuz Safe Marine Servic...

OFAC Sanctions Chinese Scam Platform Xinbi Guarantee

The US Treasury has placed sanctions on notorious Chinese cybercrime marketplace Xinbi Guarantee

EE UU sanciona a nieto de Raúl Castro y al Banco Exterior de Cuba

Esta ofensiva, que incluye el bloqueo total de activos bajo jurisdicción estadounidense y la prohibición estricta de cualquier transacción comercial o financiera, busca asfixiar la...

FinCEN Proposes to Designate Banque Misr UAE as a Primary Money Laundering Concern and Revoke Correspondent Banking Acce...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has proposed to revoke Banque Misr UAE’s (the “Bank”) correspondent banking access to U.S. financial institutions, finding that...

U.S. sanctions A7 Network after $17B in transfers

U.S. Treasury sanctioned A7 Network after FinCEN traced over $17B through its Sub-Agents and proposed blocking related fund transfers.

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Shipping Law Firm for Alleged Shadow Fleet Services

On Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury announced new sanctions on a Panama-based law firm and five of its staff for allegedly helping Iranian shipping intere...

OFAC flexibiliza operaciones petroleras y permite negociar nuevas inversiones en Venezuela

La actualización busca dinamizar la producción petrolera y la infraestructura eléctrica mediante la autorización de servicios y estudios técnicos, aunque mantiene límites claros, c...

US Targets Türkiye-Based Bank in Latest Sanctions on Iran Financial Network

"Operation Economic Outcast" was announced by Bessent on August 24, with the Treasury describing the initiative as an effort to sever what it calls the remaining economic lifelines...