White House Colombia Traffickers


On Oct. 12, White House renewed Colombia drug trafficker sanctions.


  • White House issued continuation of EO 12978 of 2005 re extraordinary threat to US national security of significant narcotics traffickers in Colombia, violence, corruption.
  • Renews blocking sanctions targeting narcotics trafficking centered in Colombia for an additional year until October 21, 2022, as continue to pose an extraordinary threat.
  • Oct. 2021 Federal Register
  • On Oct. 14, 2021, White House published notice of renewal in the federal register.
  • Oct. 12, 2022 White House Continuation
  • On Oct. 12, 2022, White House issued continuation notice of national emergency with respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia, until Oct. 21, 2023.
  • Oct. 13, 2022 Fed Reg Continuation
  • On Oct. 13, 2022, White House published notice of continuation in the federal register.
  • Oct. 17, 2023 White House Continuation
  • On Oct. 17, 2023, White House issued continuation notice of national emergency with respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia, until Oct. 21, 2024.
  • Oct. 19, 2023 Fed Reg Continuation
  • On Oct. 19, 2023, White House published the continuation in the federal register.

Regulators White House
Entity Types B/D; Bank; Corp; MSB; Thrift
Reference 88 FR 72345, 10/19/2023; Lt, Nt, 10/17/2023; 87 FR 62279, 10/13/2022; Lt, Nt, 10/12/2022; 86 FR 57319, 10/14/2021; PR, Lt, 10/12/2021; EO 12978;
Functions AML; Compliance; Legal; Sanctions
Countries Colombia; United States of America; Cross-Border
Category
State
Products Banking; Deposits; Loan; Mortgage; Payments; Securities
Regions Am
Rule Type Final
Rule Date 10/12/2021
Effective Date 10/21/2024
Rule Id 118460
Linked to N/A
Reg. Last Update 10/19/2023
Report Section AML & Enforcement

Last substantive update on 10/24/2023