Pro-Islamist history turns up heat on another Biden nominee
Friday, March 5, 2021 |
J.M. Phelps (OneNewsNow.com)
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A former U.N. ambassador has been nominated to head the U.S. Agency for International Development, and her past decisions have garnered the concern of a longtime Republican senator.
As One News Now reported last month, the Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA) – an organization with ties to terrorist organization and terrorists – was surprisingly supported by World Vision under the noses of many onlookers. While the evangelical nonprofit humanitarian aid organization was partnering with ISRA, it was also accepting taxpayer funding and public donations to fuel its mission in Sudan.
Key Takeaways
Because digital currencies allow for high-value transactions outside of the traditional U.S. banking system, OFAC has rigorously investigated whether digital currency service businesses may be facilitating transactions that are prohibited under various sanctions programs.
Recent settlements have shown that OFAC will take into account whether digital currency services businesses have OFAC compliance programs in place that are routinely reviewed and, as appropriate, updated to take advantage of new technological developments.
The action against BitPay demonstrates OFAC’s expectation that businesses will screen all information available to them to ensure that they are not facilitating transactions with sanctioned persons, even where such persons might not be the business’s direct customer.
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In its first 50 days, the Biden administration has been busy utilizing sanctions and export controls to support its foreign policy priorities of human rights, multilateralism and support for democratic regimes. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the U.S. State Department (State) have all taken actions against a number of persons and entities in response to recent international developments related to Russia, Myanmar/Burma and Saudi Arabia.
Russia
On March 2, the administration undertook a series of coordinated, multi-agency actions to impose sanctions and export controls on Russia. These actions, which were mirrored by similar actions in the E.U., come in response to a number of recent provocations by Russia, according to the Biden administration, including the poisoning and subsequent imprisonment of disside
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Executive Summary
On March 2, 2021, the Biden Administration, in a coordinated announcement by the U.S. Departments of Treasury, State, and Commerce, tightened export restrictions against Russia and imposed sanctions and other measures on certain Russian entities and individuals allegedly involved in the poisoning and subsequent imprisonment of Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption crusader who recently returned to Russia after being treated for Novichok poisoning in Germany. Earlier in the day, the EU had announced the addition of two of the same individuals identified by the U.S. to its sanctions list, which marked the first time the EU had implemented sanctions under the Human Rights Sanctions Regime which it introduced in early December 2020. The EU had already sanctioned six other individuals and one entity in October 2020 (many of whom were listed in the U.S. action on March 2) over the poisoning using the framework of the EU’s restrictive measure