Day: October 24, 2022

On 21 October, the Wall Street Journal reported that the UN had passed a resolution imposing sanctions on Jimmy Cherizier  (aka “Barbecue”), a gang leader who is blocking fuel and aid to the impoverished country as it struggles with a cholera outbreak and increasing hunger.  The sanctions package adopted by the UN Security Council include assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo, against those engaging in or supporting criminal activity and violence, involving armed groups and criminal networks.  Designated activity includes recruiting children, carrying out kidnappings, trafficking, murder and sexual and gender-based violence.  Crucially, the resolution also designates the obstruction of humanitarian assistance to and inside Haiti, and any attacks on personnel or premises, of UN missions and operations.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-n-approves-sanctions-against-haitian-gang-leader-11666393906

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/10/1129777

https://press.un.org/en/2022/sc15073.doc.htm

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On 24 October, the US Treasury advised about a new Executive Order on taking additional steps to address the national emergency with respect to the situation in Nicaragua.  The new Executive Order gives the Treasury the authority to target certain persons that operate or have operated in the gold sector of the Nicaraguan economy, and any other sector identified by the Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with the Secretary of State.  It also provides expanded sanctions authorities that could be used to prohibit new US investment in certain identified sectors in Nicaragua, the importation of certain products of Nicaraguan origin into the US, or the exportation, from the US, or by a US person, wherever located, of certain items to Nicaragua.  New General License GL 4 authorises US persons to engage in transactions prohibited by the Nicaragua Sanctions Regulations that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind down of any transaction involving the Directorate General of Mines (DGM) of the Nicaraguan Ministry of Energy and Mines, or any entity in which DGM owns, directly or indirectly, a 50% or greater interest until 23 November, provided that any payment to a blocked person must be made into a blocked account in accordance with the Regulations.  It also issued new FAQ 1093 about the General License.

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/faqs/1093

https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/126/nicaragua_gl4.pdf

https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/126/nicaragua_eo_20221024.pdf

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1046

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On 24 October, OFAC designated the Nicaraguan mining authority General Directorate of Mines (DGM) as well as an official of the Government of Nicaragua, Reinaldo Gregorio Lenin CERNA JUAREZ, over continued attacks on Nicaraguans’ freedom of expression and assembly. 

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20221024

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1046

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EU Regulation 2022/2304/EU of 24 October added Ahmad Al-Hamzi, a Major General, and Commander of the Houthi Air Force and Air Defense Forces, to its sanctions lists.

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L:2022:274I:FULL&from=EN

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On 18 October, Sahara Reporters reported that the OECD has strongly condemned Italy for recent judgments that now place Italy at odds with the OECD’s Anti-Bribery Convention.  An Italian court a few months ago acquitted energy companies, Eni and Royal Dutch Shell along with a series of past and present managers in one of the oil industry’s biggest corruption scandals.  The trial judge held that the companies and defendants had been discharged as there was no case to answer.

https://saharareporters.com/2022/10/18/breaking-malabu-oil-scandal-international-organisation-oecd-knocks-italy-over-recent

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