On July 31, 2020, OFAC designated, pursuant to E.O. 13818 , the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) for its connection to serious human rights abuse in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Concurrent with this action, OFAC issued Global Magnitsky General License (GL) 2 . GL… Read more
Pursuant to Global Magnitsky General License (GL) 3 , U.S. persons are authorized to engage in certain transactions that would otherwise be prohibited by the Global Magnitsky Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 583, ordinarily incident and necessary to the divestment or transfer, or facilitation of… Read more
On December 9, 2022, OFAC designated, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13818 , several persons, including Dalian Ocean Fishing Co., Ltd.; Fujian Provincial Pingtan County Ocean Fishing Group Co., Ltd.; Fuzhou Honglong Ocean Fishing Co. Ltd.; and Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. Concurrent with this… Read more
No. Non-U.S. persons may engage in the transactions authorized for U.S. persons by Global Magnitsky General License (GL) 3 and wind down transactions with the blocked persons specified in GL 4 , without exposure to sanctions under Executive Order (E.O.) 13818 or the Global Magnitsky Sanctions… Read more
On January 26, 2023, OFAC designated Frigorifico Chajha S.A.E. (Frigorifico Chajha), pursuant to E.O. 13818 . Concurrent with this action, OFAC issued General License (GL) 5 , which authorizes certain transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the divestment or transfer, or the facilitation… Read more
On January 26, 2023, OFAC designated, pursuant to E.O. 13818 , Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara (Cartes) for his involvement in corruption in Paraguay. Also on that day, OFAC designated four entities owned or controlled by Cartes, pursuant to E.O. 13818: Tabacos USA Inc., Bebidas USA Inc., Dominicana… Read more
Global Magnitsky General License 7 authorizes certain transactions involving the blocked entities Tabacos USA Inc. (Tabacos) and Tabacalera del Este S.A. (Tabesa) (or any entity in which Tabesa or Tabacos owns, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, a 50 percent or greater… Read more
Generally, the designation of an individual with a leadership role in a governing institution does not itself block the governing institution. Accordingly, engaging in a routine interaction with a governing institution in which a blocked individual is an official, but that does not directly or… Read more