OFAC

  • Screening, Embargoes, and Sanctions

    Question: Asking the membership to understand which department conducts screening within your organization.  As we try to implement a process for screening, there is discussion about who will be responsible for the manual efforts. Is it legal, trade compliance, risk management, customer service? Any thoughts or recommendations are appreciated. Answer 1: In our case we […]

  • Question Regarding Russian Sanctions Entity Match

    Question: Company A who is a U.S. company has a wholly owned foreign susidiary, I’ll call Company B. Company B purchases items from various foreign companies and sells them internationally, but not to the U.S. One of the foreign companies (Company C) that Company B purchases from uses a manufacturer that was recently added to […]

  • US person assistance with Export from Russia

    Question: Can a US person located in the US assist with export shipments from Russia to other countries (not the US)? Answer 1: We recently reviewed a couple of scenarios with outside counsel on this very subject. I suggest you do the same at a granular level. In our case, we would be paying a […]

  • VENEZUELA AND OFAC LICENSES

    QUESTION: Does OFAC publish the results of license applications? We are debating whether to apply for an OFAC license to export software to an entity on the SDN list per the Venezuela sanctions. While we know our only chance to provide the software would depend upon the approval of a license application (no general licenses […]

  • OFAC ownership due diligence

    QUESTION: Anyone have a questionnaire or process to share on how you conduct ownership information for new distributors?  In which countries other than Venezuela and Russia would you recommend we conduct this check? I’d like to create a process for new distributors, agents, customers, vendors to complete a due diligence form and would like some […]

  • Answer to Question on OFAC ownership due diligence

    QUESTION: Anyone have a questionnaire or process to share on how you conduct ownership information for new distributors?  In which countries other than Venezuela and Russia would you recommend we conduct this check? I’d like to create a process for new distributors, agents, customers, vendors to complete a due diligence form and would like some […]