Tagged: Updated Sanctions Compliance Requirements

OFAC Sanctions Compliance Insights from Standard Chartered Bank Enforcement Action (Part III of III)

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has promised to issue guidance on effective sanctions compliance programs.  This is a long-anticipated update to prior information OFAC has released on the same subject. OFAC has raised the stakes for sanctions enforcement, especially with respect to Iran and Venezuela sanctions programs.  So far this year, OFAC has announced a number of significant enforcement actions and...