So happy for my clients, and so proud of my team, for the big win today: home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/… I work with some of the best and most committed lawyers and staff I could possibly hope for at Ferrari & Associates. My hats off to them for all their hard work on this matter.

Happy for the delisting of our clients today, and proud of all our team who worked on this. Don't listen to the hype from any purported "experts." This is not a political action, its one that followed established legal processes and norms: home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/…

Here's something interesting and informative just in time for the weekend. Michael Parker (Counsel at Ferrari & Associates) sits down with the KYC360 AML Podcast to discuss sanctions, anti-money laundering and the transition to private practice: kyc360.riskscreen.com/podcast/episod…

Here's OFAC's license authorizing the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to make transfers of up to $3.5 billion belonging to Afghanistan's central bank for the benefit of the people of Afghanistan:

Here's why OFAC issued the license: The Gov't can now argue that the funds are not "blocked" for purposes of the TRIA and are thus not available for attachment and execution by 9/11 litigants.

Michael Parker on CBS News this morning, following on his recent comments to the The New York Times on whether: Russia could use crypto to avoid sanctions cbsnews.com/video/russia-m… via CBS News

Michael Parker quoted in this Bloomberg Law piece regarding how busy sanctions lawyers have been over the past week. Russia Sanctions Have Lawyers Scrambling to Help Clients Comply news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/ru…

Michael Parker of Ferrari & Associates quoted in new article published by Politico regarding what it is required to seize assets: Confiscating a Russian oligarch’s luxury condo requires much more than political bluster politi.co/3Je70DO via POLITICO

I had an interesting conversation with Business Insider discussing some of the legal issues facing Russian business elites. If that sort of thing is of interest to you, you can take a look here: youtube.com/watch?v=7o70pQ…

Fate of Donbas hangs in the balance voanews.com/a/6610530.html

Binance served crypto traders in Iran despite U.S. sanctions, clients say | Reuters reuters.com/technology/exc…

NEW: Top US Treasury Department officials plan to make the rounds in 2023 to address what they see as a troubling pattern when it comes to sanctions and other forms of risk: Banks are being overcautious and turning away customers who may need them the most bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: THE STAGGERING RISE OF AMERICA'S GLOBAL ECONOMIC WARFARE 1st in a series Federica Cocco & I found: 1. ~1/3 of all nations on Earth now face some form of US sanctions. Huge increase from when mostly applied to Cuba & a handful of regimes 2. +*60%* of *all poor countries*

Federica Cocco Here's a partial list of all countries under some form of US sanctions, with an (somewhat admittedly/inherently subjective) attempt to categorize by severity:

After the disasters in Iraq & Afghanistan, US presidents became more & more determined to minimize negativity publicity of American troops abroad But how to still 1) look "tough" on foreign bad guys; 2) keep US troops out of harms way; 3) do something? Big part of the answer:

Bring him home, Omar. Right the wrongs.

Steelers agree to terms with QB Mason Rudolph to two-year, $8M deal. (via Mike Garafolo, Ian Rapoport)

Could become the greatest comeback story of all time…