With effect from 7 December 2016, HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions has renewed for 12 months the UK asset freezes which apply to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC), imposed under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing, etc., Act 2010.… Continue Reading
JASTA – Bill Sent to President. The House voted by voice vote last Friday to advance the Senate-passed JASTA measure to President Obama’s desk for signature into law. Congress acted on a measure that many believe is long-overdue for the victims of the 9/11 attack just ahead of Sunday’s 15th anniversary of the terrorist attack. … Continue Reading
On 22 July 2015, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement the Secretary of State’s removal of Cuba from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. The rulemaking removes anti-terrorism (AT) licensing requirements for Cuba and references throughout the EAR to Cuba as … Continue Reading
