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Mara Lee

Mara Lee, Senior Editor, is a reporter for International Trade Today and its sister publications Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. She joined the Warren Communications News staff in early 2018, after covering health policy, Midwestern Congressional delegations, and the Connecticut economy, insurance and manufacturing sectors for the Hartford Courant, the nation’s oldest continuously published newspaper (established 1674). Before arriving in Washington D.C. to cover Congress in 2005, she worked in Ohio, where she witnessed fervent presidential campaigning every four years.

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OFAC Unblocks 8 Individuals in Peru, Colombia Under Narcotics EO
March 2, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Other U.S.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of eight individuals in Peru and Colombia whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978, "Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers," effective February 23, 2010.

OFAC Publishes Names of 2 Blocked Individuals Under Human Rights EO
March 1, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Other U.S.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of two individuals newly-designated as persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13553, “Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuses by the Government of Iran and Taking Certain Other Actions," effective February 23, 2011. (See ITT's Online Archives or news, 11022376, for previous BP summary of these designations.)

OFAC Updates SDN List to Include Blocked Individuals in Libya
March 1, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Other U.S.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has updated its Specially Designated Nationals List to include five individuals listed in the Annex to the President's recent Executive Order, "Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Libya," including Colonel Muammar Qadhafi and his children, among others. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/28/11 news, 11022702, for BP summary of the EO.)

OFAC General License Authorizes Transactions With Third-Country Libyan Banks
March 1, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Other U.S.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued General License No. 1 under the President's recent Executive Order, "Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Libya." General License No. 1 authorizes transactions with financial institutions owned or controlled by the Government of Libya that are organized under the laws of a country other than Libya. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/28/11 news, 11022702, for BP summary of the EO.)

OFAC Publishes Names of 9 Individuals, 7 Blocked Entities Under Kingpin Act
February 25, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Other U.S.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of nine individuals and seven entities, including the New Ansari Money Exchange, whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, effective February 18, 2011. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/18/11 news, [11021860], for previous BP summary of these designations.)

OFAC to Again Expand Width of "City" Field in SDN List Publications
February 24, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Other U.S.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control announces that on or about April 14, 2011, it will be expanding the width of its "City" field in its list of Specially Designated Nationals address data files (add.ff, add.del, add.csv, add.pip) from 112 characters to 116 characters. (OFAC previously announced that it will be publishing its list in XML and Comma delimited (CSV) format and would be expanding the width of its "City" field from 50 characters to 112 characters on or about March 14, 2011. See ITT's Online Archives or 02/14/11 news, 11021465, for BP summary.) The new specification for the SDN data files is available here.

OFAC Unblocks Certain Sales Transactions With 2 Blocked Vessels in China
February 17, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Other U.S.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control is issuing General License No. 3 under the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part 544, authorizing certain transactions related to the arrest, detention, and judicial sale of the MV First Ocean and the MV Second Ocean, which are two vessels on OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list. These vessels are currently under arrest in Chiwan and Qingdao, China, respectively.

OFAC Publishes Names of 2 Blocked Individuals in Afghanistan
February 16, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Other U.S.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of two newly-designated individuals in Afghanistan whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism," effective February 9, 2011. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/09/11 news, 11020948, for previous BP summary of these designations.)

OFAC to Expand Width of "City" Field in SDN List Publications
February 15, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Other U.S.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control announces that on or about March 14, 2011, it will be expanding the width of its "City" field in its list of Specially Designated Nationals address data files (add.ff, add.del, add.csv, add.pip) from 50 characters to 112 characters, as it will be publishing its list in XML and Comma delimited (CSV) format. The new specification for the SDN data files is available here.