OFAC deleted the following entity from the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list on Feb. 20:

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Feb. 19 made changes to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Feb. 11 added (here) an individual and entity to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list.

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) updated its policy for "gluten-free" labeling following a review of the Food and Drug Administration's final rule on the subject issued in August (see 13080213), said TTB. "TTB believes that it is important to adopt an approach on this issue that is as consistent as possible with the regulations that FDA issued," it said. "Under our updated policy, alcohol beverages that are made from ingredients that do not contain gluten (such as wines fermented from grapes or other fruit and distilled spirits distilled from materials other than gluten-containing grains) may continue to make 'gluten-free' claims in the same way allowed in the new FDA regulations for inherently gluten-free products."

The Treasury Department on Feb. 7 updated a thorough compilation of documents related to the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA), the deal struck between Iran and the U.S., along with P5+1 countries, to limit Iranian uranium enrichment. The deal took effect on Jan. 20, 2014. P5+1 countries include the U.S., Germany, France, Russia, and China, and are coordinated by European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Feb. 6 deleted three entries and made changes to another on the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control is creating a new list of people and companies that have evaded economic and financial sanctions imposed on Iran and Syria. The Foreign Sanctions Evaders List, announced on Feb. 6, comprises foreign persons sanctioned under Executive Order 13608 of May 2012 (“Prohibiting Certain Transactions With and Suspending Entry into the United States of Foreign Sanctions Evaders With Respect to Iran and Syria”) (see 12050203). Dealings between U.S. persons and persons on the new “FSE” list are generally prohibited, as are transactions “through” the U.S., without authorization from OFAC, it said.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added the following individuals to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list on Feb. 5:

The Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control on Feb. 3 authorized all transactions related to the arrest, detention, and judicial sale of the MV SININ, identified by OFAC as blocked property in January and currently arrested in Zhoushan, China. This authorization expires on Feb. 28, 2015.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) settled a potential civil liability case on Jan. 27 with Joint-Stock Commercial Bank “Bank of Moscow” for $9,492,525 over alleged violations of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations and Executive Order 13382. OFAC said Bank of Moscow committed 69 violations of the executive order (here) aimed at freezing the assets of weapons proliferators, and did not voluntarily self-disclose the alleged violations. OFAC determined, however, the alleged violations constitute a non-egregious case. From 2008 to 2009, Bank of Moscow allegedly transferred funds to or through the U.S. on behalf of an Iran-affiliated financial institution.