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04.03.15

by eric9to5

Cyber Attacks Not an April Fool: New Executive Order

No designations yet, but yesterday OFAC published a notice of a new Executive Order establishing a new sanctions program for individuals involved in cyber attacks and the like:

This authority allows for the imposition of sanctions on individuals and entities determined to be responsible for or complicit in malicious cyber-enabled activities that result in enumerated harms that are reasonably likely to result in, or have materially contributed to, a significant threat to the national security, foreign policy, or economic health or financial stability of the United States.

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03.11.15

by eric9to5

March 9, 2015: New Week, New OFAC Program

On Monday, OFAC designated the following 7 persons:

BENAVIDES TORRES, Antonio Jose (Latin: BENAVIDES TORRES, Antonio José); DOB 13 Jun 1961; POB Venezuela; citizen Venezuela; Gender Male; Cedula No. 6.371.374 (Venezuela); Passport 026719333 (Venezuela) expires 24 Aug 2014; Major General, Commander of the Strategic Region for the Integral Defense (REDI) of the Central Region, Venezuela's Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB); former Division General, Director of Operations, Venezuela's Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) (individual) [VENEZUELA].

BERNAL MARTINEZ, Manuel Gregorio (Latin: BERNAL MARTÍNEZ, Manuel Gregorio); DOB 12 Jul 1965; POB Caracas, Venezuela; nationality Venezuela; citizen Venezuela; Gender Male; Cedula No. 6.976.131 (Venezuela); Passport 0502004 (Venezuela) expires 19 Feb 2014; Brigadier General, Chief of the 31st Armored Brigade of Caracas of Venezuela's Bolivarian Army; former Director General of Venezuela's Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) (individual) [VENEZUELA].

GONZALEZ LOPEZ, Gustavo Enrique (Latin: GONZÁLEZ LÓPEZ, Gustavo Enrique); DOB 02 Nov 1960; POB Venezuela; nationality Venezuela; citizen Venezuela; Gender Male; Cedula No. 5.726.284 (Venezuela); Passport B0111931 (Venezuela); Director General of Venezuela's Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN); Major General, President of Venezuela's Strategic Center of Security and Protection of the Homeland (CESPPA) (individual) [VENEZUELA].

HARINGHTON PADRON, Katherine Nayarith; DOB 05 Dec 1971; POB Caracas, Venezuela; citizen Venezuela; Gender Female; Cedula No. 10.548.414 (Venezuela); Passport 042677664 (Venezuela) expires 25 Feb 2016; National Level Prosecutor, 20th District, Venezuela's Public Ministry (individual) [VENEZUELA].

NOGUERA PIETRI, Justo Jose (Latin: NOGUERA PIETRI, Justo José); DOB 15 Mar 1961; POB Piritu, Venezuela; nationality Venezuela; citizen Venezuela; Gender Male; Cedula No. 5.944.426 (Venezuela); Passport B0942407 (Venezuela) expires 18 Dec 2006; alt. Passport 018295955 (Venezuela); President of the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana (CVG); former Major General, General Commander of Venezuela's Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) (individual) [VENEZUELA].

PEREZ URDANETA, Manuel Eduardo (Latin: PÉREZ URDANETA, Manuel Eduardo); DOB 26 May 1962; POB Venezuela; citizen Venezuela; Gender Male; Cedula No. 6.357.038 (Venezuela); Passport 001234503 (Venezuela) expires 03 Jul 2012; Director of Venezuela's Bolivarian National Police (individual) [VENEZUELA].

VIVAS LANDINO, Miguel Alcides; DOB 08 Jul 1961; POB Venezuela; nationality Venezuela; citizen Venezuela; Gender Male; Cedula No. 7.617.778 (Venezuela); Passport B0097656 (Venezuela); Major General, Inspector General of Venezuela's Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB); former Commander of the Strategic Region for the Integral Defense (REDI) of the Andes Region, Venezuela's Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) (individual) [VENEZUELA].

under the brand-spanking new Venezuela sanctions program. It also provided a link to the Executive Order establishing the program, which targets human rights abuses and suppression of dissent.

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01.05.15

by eric9to5

January 2, 2015: OFAC North Korea program expands

The sanctions industry in the US kicked off the New Year in style, with a new Executive Order that expands sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) to the entire North Korean government and the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea. For good measure, the following persons were added to the SDN List under the new DPRK2 program code:

ANG, Song Chol; DOB 12 Mar 1967; nationality Korea, North; KOMID representative in Russia (individual) [DPRK2].

JANG, Yong Son; DOB 20 Feb 1957; nationality Korea, North; KOMID Representative in Iran (individual) [DPRK2].

KANG, Ryong; DOB 21 Aug 1968; nationality Korea, North; KOMID official in Syria (individual) [DPRK2].

KIL, Jong Hun; DOB 20 Feb 1972; nationality Korea, North; Passport 472410022; KOMID Representative in Namibia (individual) [DPRK2].

KIM, Kwang Chun; DOB 20 Apr 1967; Korea Ryungseng Trading Corporation Representative in Shenyang, China (individual) [DPRK2].

KIM, Kwang Yon; DOB 30 Jul 1966; nationality Korea, North; Passport 563210059 (individual) [DPRK2].

KIM, Kyu; DOB 30 Jul 1968; nationality Korea, North; KOMID External Affairs Officer (individual) [DPRK2].

KIM, Yong Chol; DOB 18 Feb 1962; nationality Korea, North; KOMID Representative in Iran (individual) [DPRK2].

RYU, Jin; DOB 07 Aug 1965; nationality Korea, North; Passport 563410081; KOMID official in Syria (individual) [DPRK2].

YU, Kwang Ho; DOB 18 Oct 1956; nationality Korea, North (individual) [DPRK2].

and the following entities’ listings were modified to add the new code (and some more detail, too):

RECONNAISSANCE GENERAL BUREAU (a.k.a. CHONGCH’AL CH’ONGGUK; a.k.a. KPA UNIT 586; a.k.a. “RGB”), Hyongjesan-Guyok, Pyongyang, Korea, North; Nungrado, Pyongyang, Korea, North [DPRK]. -to- RECONNAISSANCE GENERAL BUREAU (a.k.a. CHONGCH’AL CH’ONGGUK; a.k.a. KPA UNIT 586; a.k.a. “RGB”), Hyongjesan-Guyok, Pyongyang, Korea, North; Nungrado, Pyongyang, Korea, North |[DPRK] [DPRK2]|.

KOREA MINING DEVELOPMENT TRADING CORPORATION (a.k.a. CHANGGWANG SINYONG CORPORATION; a.k.a. EXTERNAL TECHNOLOGY GENERAL CORPORATION; a.k.a. KOREA KUMRYONG TRADING COMPANY; a.k.a. NORTH KOREAN MINING DEVELOPMENT TRADING CORPORATION; a.k.a. “KOMID”), Central District, Pyongyang, Korea, North [NPWMD]. -to- KOREA MINING DEVELOPMENT TRADING CORPORATION (|a.k.a. CHANGGWANG SINYONG CORPORATION; a.k.a. DPRKN MINING DEVELOPMENT TRADING COOPERATION; a.k.a. EXTERNAL TECHNOLOGY GENERAL CORPORATION; a.k.a. KOREA KUMRYONG TRADING COMPANY; a.k.a. KOREAN MINING AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; a.k.a. NORTH KOREAN MINING DEVELOPMENT TRADING CORPORATION; a.k.a. “KOMID”|)|, Central District, Pyongyang, Korea, North; Beijing, China; Moscow, Russia; Tehran, Iran; Damascus, Syria| |[NPWMD] [DPRK2]|.

KOREA TANGUN TRADING CORPORATION, Pyongyang, Korea, North [NPWMD]. -to- KOREA TANGUN TRADING CORPORATION (|a.k.a. RYUNG SENG TRADING CORPORATION; a.k.a. RYUNGSENG TRADING CORPORATION; a.k.a. RYUNGSONG TRADING CORPORATION|), Pyongyang, Korea, North |[NPWMD] [DPRK2]|.

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12.23.14

by eric9to5

December 19, 2014: Lots of OFAC Ukraine changes

Ending the year with a bang, President Obama issued a new Executive Order on Friday relating to the Ukraine-related sanctions program, specifically adding new prohibitions relating to Crimea:

  (i)    new investment in the Crimea region of Ukraine by

a United States person, wherever located;

     (ii)   the importation into the United States, directly or

indirectly, of any goods, services, or technology from the

Crimea region of Ukraine;

     (iii)  the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply,

directly or indirectly, from the United States, or by a

United States person, wherever located, of any goods, services,

or technology to the Crimea region of Ukraine; and

     (iv)   any approval, financing, facilitation, or guarantee

by a United States person, wherever located, of a transaction by

a foreign person where the transaction by that foreign person

would be prohibited by this section if performed by a

United States person or within the United States.

     (b)  The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section

apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in

regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued

pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered

into or any license or permit granted prior to the effective

date of this order.

This brings the US sanctions focus more in line with the EU, which has always had more of a Crimea focus than a general one against Russian meddling in Ukraine.

Secondly, General License 4 was released, which generally (other than Export Administration Regulation restrictions) allows the export of agricultural commodities, medicine, medical supplies and replacement parts for the medical supplies to Crimea. What is excluded?

(4) Excluded agricultural commodities. Paragraph (a)(1) of this general license does not
authorize the exportation or reexportation of the following items: castor beans, castor bean
seeds, certified pathogen-free eggs (unfertilized or fertilized), dried egg albumin, live animals
(excluding live cattle), embryos (excluding cattle embryos), Rosary/Jequirity peas, non-food-
grade gelatin powder, peptones and their derivatives, super absorbent polymers, western red
cedar, or all fertilizers.

(5) Excluded medicines. Paragraph (a)(1) of this general license does not authorize the
exportationorreexportationofthefollowingmedicines: non-NSAIDanalgesics,cholinergics,
anticholinergics, opioids, narcotics, benzodiazapenes, and bioactive peptides.

(b) Other excluded items.

(1) Agricultural commodities. For the purposes of this general license, agricultural
commodities do not include furniture made from wood; clothing manufactured from plant or
animal materials; agricultural equipment (whether hand tools or motorized equipment);
pesticides, insecticides, or herbicides; or cosmetics (unless derived entirely from plant materials).

(2) Medicine. For the purposes of this general license, medicine does not include
cosmetics.

Finally, the following persons:

ANTYUFEYEV, Vladimir (a.k.a. ALEXANDROV, Vladimir Gheorghievici; a.k.a. ANTIUFEEV, Vladimir Iurievici; a.k.a. ANTIUFEYEV, Vladimir; a.k.a. ANTYUFEYEV, Vladimir Yuryevich; a.k.a. SHEVTSOV, Vadim; a.k.a. SHEVTSOV, Vadim Gheorghievici; a.k.a. SHEVTSOV, Vladimir); DOB 19 Feb 1951; POB Novosibirsk, Russia (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].

BEREZIN, Fedor (a.k.a. BEREZIN, Fyodor; a.k.a. BEREZIN, Fyodor Dmitrievich); DOB 07 Feb 1960; POB Donetsk, Ukraine (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].

BEZLER, Igor Nikolayevich (a.k.a. BEZLER, Igor; a.k.a. BEZLER, Igor Mykolaiovych; a.k.a. BEZLER, Ihor); DOB 1965 (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].

GUBAREV, Pavel (a.k.a. HUBARYEV, Pavlo); DOB 10 Feb 1983; POB Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].

KARYAKIN, Alexei Vyacheslavovich (a.k.a. KARIAKIN, Aleksey; a.k.a. KARYAKIN, Aleksey; a.k.a. KARYAKIN, Alexei); DOB 07 Apr 1980; POB Stahanov, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].

KHRYAKOV, Alexander (a.k.a. KHRYAKOV, Aleksandr Vitaliyovych; a.k.a. KHRYAKOV, Alexander Vitaliyovych; a.k.a. KHRYAKOV, Alexandr; a.k.a. KHRYAKOV, Oleksandr; a.k.a. KHRYAKOV, Oleksandr Vitaliyovych), Donetsk, Ukraine; DOB 06 Nov 1958; POB Donetsk, Ukraine (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].

KOZITSYN, Nikolai (a.k.a. KOZITSYN, Mykola; a.k.a. KOZITSYN, Mykola Ivanovych; a.k.a. KOZITSYN, Nikolay); DOB 20 Jun 1956; POB Donetsk Region; citizen Russia (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].

MALOFEYEV, Konstantin (a.k.a. MALOFEEV, Konstantin Valerevich; a.k.a. MALOFEEV, Konstantin Valerievich); DOB 03 Jul 1974; POB Pushchino, Moscow, Russia; Managing Partner of Marshall Capital Partners (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660] (Linked To: MARSHALL CAPITAL PARTNERS).

MOZGOVOY, Aleksey (a.k.a. MOZGOVOI, Aleksei; a.k.a. MOZGOVOI, Alexei; a.k.a. MOZGOVOI, Oleksiy; a.k.a. MOZGOVOY, Aleksei; a.k.a. MOZGOVOY, Alexei; a.k.a. MOZGOVOY, Oleksiy; a.k.a. MOZGOVY, Aleksei; a.k.a. MOZGOVY, Oleksiy; a.k.a. MOZHOVVY, Oleksiy; a.k.a. MOZHOVY, Aleksei; a.k.a. MOZHOVY, Oleksiy; a.k.a. MOZHOVYY, Aleksei), Luhansk, Ukraine; DOB 03 Apr 1975; POB Nyzhnya Duvanka, Ukraine (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].

NEKLYUDOV, Dmitry Sergeyevich (a.k.a. NEKLYUDOV, Dmitriy Sergeyevich); DOB 17 Feb 1969; POB Simferopol, Ukraine (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].

PLOTNITSKY, Igor Venediktovich (a.k.a. PLOTNITSKY, Igor); DOB 24 Jun 1964; POB Kelmentsi, Ukraine (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].

POKLONSKAYA, Natalia Vladimirovna (a.k.a. POKLONSKA, Natalya; a.k.a. POKLONSKAYA, Natalia; a.k.a. POKLONSKAYA, Natalya); DOB 18 Mar 1980; POB Eupatoria, Ukraine; Prosecutor of Crimea (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].

RUDENKO, Miroslav Vladimirovich (a.k.a. RUDENKO, Miroslav; a.k.a. RUDENKO, Myroslav), Donetsk, Ukraine; DOB 21 Jan 1983; alt. DOB 1983; POB Debaltsevo, Donetsk Region, Ukraine (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].

SAVCHENKO, Petr (a.k.a. SAVCHENKO, Peter; a.k.a. SAVCHENKO, Peter A.; a.k.a. SAVCHENKO, Petro Oleksiiovych), Makeyevka, Ukraine; DOB 23 Feb 1968 (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660] (Linked To: PROFAKTOR, TOV).

TSARYOV, Oleh Anatolievich (a.k.a. TSAREV, Oleg; a.k.a. TSARIOV, Oleh; a.k.a. TSAROV, Oleg; a.k.a. TSARYOV, Oleh), Stari Kodaky, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine; DOB 02 Jun 1970; POB Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].

ZAKHARCHENKO, Alexander; DOB 1976; POB Donetsk, Ukraine (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].

ZALDOSTANOV, Aleksandr (a.k.a. ZALDASTANOV, Aleksandr Sergeevich; a.k.a. ZALDOSTANOV, Alexander; a.k.a. ZALDOSTANOV, Alexander Sergeyevich; a.k.a. “Khirurg”; a.k.a. “The Surgeon”); DOB 19 Jan 1963; POB Kirovograd, Ukraine (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].

and entities:

DONBASS PEOPLE'S MILITIA (a.k.a. PEOPLE'S MILITIA OF DONBASS), Prospect Zasyadko.13, Donetsk, Ukraine; Email Address voenkom.dnr@mail.ru; alt. Email Address mobilisation@novorossia.co; alt. Email Address novoross24@mail.ru [UKRAINE-EO13660].

MARSHALL CAPITAL PARTNERS (a.k.a. MARSHALL CAPITAL), 5th Floor, Novinsky Passage Business Center, 31 Novinsky Boulevard, Moscow 123242, Russia; Website http://www.marcap.ru; Email Address info@marcap.ru [UKRAINE-EO13660].

NIGHT WOLVES (a.k.a. MOLODEZHNAYA AVTONOMNAYA NEKOMMERCHESKAYA ORGANIZATSIYA NOCHNYE VOLKI; a.k.a. NOCHNIYE VOLKI; a.k.a. NOCHNYE VOLKI), Nizhnije Mnevniki, 110, “Bike Center”, Moscow, Russia; 110 Nizhniye Mnevniki, Moscow, Russia; 110 Nizhnie Mnevniki Ul., Moscow 123423, Russia; Registration ID 1037717009846; Government Gazette Number 14188237 [UKRAINE-EO13660].

NOVOROSSIYA PARTY (a.k.a. NEW RUSSIA PARTY), Ukraine [UKRAINE-EO13660].

OPLOT, Donetsk, Ukraine; Kharkiv, Ukraine [UKRAINE-EO13660].

PROFAKTOR, TOV (a.k.a. PROFAKTOR, LLC), Bud, 22/28, vul. Dzerzhynskogo, Makiivka 86100, Ukraine; Makeevka str., Donetsk Region 86157, Ukraine; Government Gazette Number 32084605 [UKRAINE-EO13660].

SOUTH-EAST MOVEMENT (a.k.a. SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT; a.k.a. YUGO-VOSTOK MOVEMENT), Ukraine [UKRAINE-EO13660].

have been added to the SDN List under the Ukraine-related sanctions program.

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07.09.14

by eric9to5

July 8, 2014: New US DRC sanctions Executive Order

Yesterday, President Obama issued a new Executive Order to expand the sanctions on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It amends Executive Order 13413, which is linked to below – in order to understand the substantive changes, Mr. Watchlist will spend some time comparing the original to the amended and will post anything of note in a future post. What it appears to be, at first blush, is an expansion of the behaviors that gets one sanctions. For example, new wording:

(A)  to be a political or military leader of a

               foreign armed group operating in the Democratic

               Republic of the Congo that impedes the

               disarmament, demobilization, voluntary

               repatriation, resettlement, or reintegration of

               combatants;

old wording:

(A) to be a political or military leader of a foreign armed group operating
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that impedes the disarmament,
repatriation, or resettlement of combatants;

One interesting note: “repatriation” is now limited to “voluntary repatriation”…

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Executive Order 13413