The Office of Foreign Assets Controls has added six individuals to its Specially Designated Nationals list, under counterterrorism, Iran and Libya designations, OFAC said (here). OFAC also added one entity under Iran designations.

The Office of Foreign Assets Controls has added two individuals to its Specially Designated Nationals list under Central African Republic designations and removed one individual under Zimbabwe designations, OFAC said (here).

The Office of Foreign Assets Control removed one individual from its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list under Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act designations, OFAC said (here).

The Office of Foreign Assets Controls has added 11 individuals to its Specially Designated Nationals list, five under North Korea designations and six under nonproliferation designations, OFAC said (here). OFAC also added one entity under North Korea designations. In a separate action (here), OFAC updated one North Korea SDN entity designation. In yet another action (here), OFAC added one individual under counterterrorism designations, removed two individuals under transnational criminal organization designations, and changed the designation for one entity under transnational criminal organization designations.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control removed 11 individuals and eight entities from its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, and updated the entries for one individual, under Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act designations, OFAC said (here).

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is denying export privileges for two individuals for separate instances of Arms Export Control Act violations and two other individuals for separate instances of International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) violations, the agency said. BIS removed export privileges for Kim Song until Feb. 28, 2026, which will be 10 years after the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah convicted him of exporting night vision optics and a thermal imaging weapons sight designated on the U.S. Munitions List (USML) without a required State Department license, BIS said (here). BIS removed export privileges for Juan Jose Estrada (here) until July 25, 2024, after he was convicted July 24, 2014, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas for attempting to export a USML-designated .30-caliber rifle to Mexico with no State license or approval. Related to IEEPA violations, BIS ended export privileges for Amin Al-Baroudi (here) until June 13, 2026, after the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found him guilty of conspiring to export and agreeing with other U.S. and non-U.S. persons to export to Syria goods in violation of U.S. sanctions on Syria without having a Commerce Department authorization for the exports. Finally, BIS ended export privileges for Sihai Cheng (here) until Jan. 27, 2026, after the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts convicted him of conspiring to export pressure transducers to Iran without a required Office of Foreign Assets Control authorization. Song, Estrada, Al-Baroudi and Cheng may appeal by May 14 with the undersecretary of commerce for industry and security.

The Office of Foreign Assets Controls has added two individuals to its Specially Designated Nationals list, under counterterrorism designations, OFAC said (here).

The Treasury Department is issuing a current list (here) of countries that require or may require participation in, or cooperation with, an international boycott. The list includes Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, the same as the last iteration of the list that was released in December (see 1612010013).

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has removed one individual from its Specially Designated Nationals list, under Zimbabwe designations, OFAC said (here).

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has added two individuals to its Specially Designated Nationals list, under counter terrorism designations, OFAC said (here).