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Trump makes it official: Venezuelan digital currency is subject to sanctions

By Robert Slack on Posted in Anti Money Laundering, Export Controls and Sanctions
The President signed a new Executive Order today making it unlawful to engage in transactions involving digital currency issued by the Venezuelan government.  The Executive Order makes official prior guidance from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which stated that dealings related to Venezuelan digital currency would likely be prohibited under existing sanctions. Last … Continue Reading

U.S. Blacklists the President of Venezuela as a Specially Designated National (SDN)

By Robert Slack on Posted in Export Controls and Sanctions
Today the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took the unusual step of blacklisting the leader of a foreign country as a Specially Designated National (SDN).  OFAC added Nicolas Maduro, the President of Venezuela, to the SDN List after a flawed vote that essentially replaced the country’s democratically elected legislature with a new body … Continue Reading
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