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Treasury department unblocks Libyan government assets

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • Libya, USA
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  • January 3 2012

On December 16th, the Treasury Department, in conjunction with action taken at the United Nations, issued General License No. 11, unblocking more than $30 billion in assets of the Government of Libya

Corruption digest

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • Libya
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  • December 22 2011

The son of the late Colonel Gaddafi, Mr Saif al-Islam, allegedly offered rebels US$2 billion in return for his release following his arrest in November

Unblocking notices

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • Libya, USA
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  • December 5 2011

On November 23rd, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control ("OFAC") issued a notice unblocking the assets of 42 entities named in Executive Order 13566 of February 25, 2011, "Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Libya."

OFAC eases restrictions on transactions in Libya

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • Libya, USA
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  • November 18 2011

In September, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (the “OFAC”), part of the United States Treasury Department, eased restrictions on trade with Libya through two revised general licenses that were published under the Libyan sanctions program

EU expanded sanctions against Iran and Belarus, and conclusions in relation to Libya and Syria, update on U.S. sanctions on Iran

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Belarus, European Union, Iran, Libya, Syria, USA
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  • October 12 2011

Today, the EU has added 29 persons to the list of those targeted by an asset freeze and a visa ban because of their involvement in human rights violations in Iran

U.S. eases economic sanctions on Libya

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
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  • Libya, USA
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  • October 10 2011

In August and September 2011, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued five new general licenses which now permit most transactions with Libya

Treasury updates sanctions

  • Dentons
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  • Afghanistan, Libya, United Kingdom
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  • October 7 2011

HM Treasury has updated the sanctions lists with respect to Afghanistan and Libya

Fast-moving developments in Middle East prompt changing trade sanctions

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Libya, Syria, United Kingdom, USA
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  • October 7 2011

Fast-moving developments in the Middle East and North Africa have resulted in the swift imposition of new U.S. and EU trade sanctions

Corruption digest

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • Libya
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  • September 27 2011

Officials working with Libya’s new governing authority are reportedly assessing whether any payments made by Société Générale SA to the Libyan Investment Authority (“LIA”) as part of its business relationship were ultimately paid to people who were close to the ousted regime of Colonel Moammar Gadhafi

Canada lifts most economic sanctions against Libya

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada, Libya
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  • September 26 2011

On September 23, 2011, Canada amended its Libyan sanctions regime to implement recent steps taken by the United Nations Security Council significantly relaxing measures imposed against Libya