On the second anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine and in response to the death of activist Aleksey Navalny in a Russian prison, the United States, European Union, and United Kingdom, along with Australia and...more
On May 2, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, a joint action with the Republic of Turkey to designate two financial facilitators of Syria-based...more
On December 14, 2020, the United States (US) imposed sanctions on Turkey pursuant to Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) for “knowingly engaging in a significant transaction with Rosoboronexport...more
The State Department announced the imposition of sanctions on the Republic of Turkey’s Presidency of Defense Industries (“SSB”), and four related Turkish individuals under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through...more
This is the sixth in our start-of-year series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed enforcement by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office in...more
On October 23, the President asked the Department of the Treasury to lift previously imposed sanctions against Turkey following the cessation of Turkey’s offensive in Syria and the implementation of a lasting ceasefire....more
• On October 23, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed the two Turkish government ministries and three ministers that it added to its Specially Designated Nationals and...more
On October 23, President Trump announced that the sanctions placed on Turkey’s Ministries of National Defence and Energy and Natural Resources as well as on three senior Turkish government officials, which went into effect...more
After an announcement from the President today, OFAC removed the Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, the Ministry of National Defense, and the ministers of Defense, Energy and Natural Resources, and Interior...more
In light of Turkey’s military intervention in northeast Syria, President Donald Trump issued, on October 14, 2019, Executive Order 13894 (EO 13894), “Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to...more
On 14 October, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13894, Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Syria (EO). ...more
• A new Executive Order signed October 14, 2019, authorizes U.S. sanctions related to the military conflict between Turkey and Syria, providing broad authority to impose sanctions against Turkish government agencies,...more
On Monday, October 14, 2019, President Trump announced that the U.S. will increase steel tariffs to 50% as a sanction against Turkey’s military advance into Syria last week. The steel tariffs were originally imposed at 25%...more
On October 15, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added Turkey’s Ministries of National Defence and Energy and Natural Resources, as well as three senior Turkish government...more
Yesterday, the U.S. government issued an Executive Order (E.O.) imposing new primary and secondary sanctions that target the government of Turkey in response to the escalating conflict in northern Syria....more