The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued a Statement of Licensing Policy, which establishes a favorable licensing regime through which U.S. persons can request from OFAC specific authorization for the commercial exportation or reexportation of U.S.-origin agricultural equipment and services to an area of Sudan other than the Specified Areas of Sudan.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control has published the names of 12 entities and 17 individuals whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation.
The Office of Foreign Asset Controls has released a periodic update of the list of authorized providers of air, travel and remittance forwarding services to Cuba, which includes nine newly authorized providers, among other things.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control has updated its Specially Designated Nationals list to add 17 individuals and 12 entities in Mexico and Colombia pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, which prohibits U.S. persons from conducting transactions with the designees and freezes any assets they may have under U.S. jurisdiction. The Treasury Department's press release on these designations is available here.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of four newly-designated individuals and twelve newly-designated entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382, “Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters,” effective June 16, 2010. OFAC also is publishing the names of 27 vessels identified as property blocked because of their connection to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and is updating the entries of 71 already-blocked vessels to identify new names.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of one individual whose property and interests in property has been unblocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, effective September 29, 2010.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of seven individuals whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978, "Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers," effective September 29, 2010.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing additional identifying information associated with the eight individuals listed in the Annex to the Executive Order of September 28, 2010, “Blocking Property of Certain Persons with Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuses by the Government of Iran and Taking Certain Other Actions,” whose property and interests in property are therefore blocked.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing additional identifying information associated with the one individual and three entities listed in the Annex to Executive Order 13551 of August 30, 2010, “Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to North Korea,” whose property and interests in property are therefore blocked.
The Office of Foreign Assets Controls updated its Specially Designated Nationals list on September 29, 2010, pursuant to the Iran Human Rights Executive Order; Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps-related removals, anti-narcotics designations, Kingpin Act designations, and non-proliferation designations. OFAC has added seven individuals, deleted eight individuals, and revised the listing for one individual.