
Rob O'Brien
Writer and Producer at Freelance
Br-Australian writer. Speechwriter. Documentary maker #TheAdopted. Former Journalist @Independent @nikkeiasia. @Kickstarter page 👇. #MECFS foot soldier.
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1 month ago |
sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com | Kerry Contini |Lise S. Test |Rob O'Brien |Kelly Bradford
On April 16, 2025, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) re-issued and updated its Advisory for Shipping and Maritime Stakeholders on Detecting and Mitigating Iranian Oil Sanctions Evasion (“the Advisory”), originally issued in September 2019. The updated Advisory is part of OFAC’s implementation of the February 4, 2025 National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM-2), which directs the Treasury Department to enact “maximum pressure” on Iran.
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Feb 11, 2025 |
sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com | Paul Amberg |Alexandre Lamy |Rob O'Brien |William Logsdon
On February 6, 2025, the US State Department reversed the Biden Administration’s revocation of President Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum 5 of June 16, 2017 and recreated the Cuba Restricted List (“CRL” or “List“), which identifies entities and subentities that are controlled by, or acting on behalf of, the Cuban military, intelligence, or security services or personnel. The US State Department also added a Cuban remittance provider to the CRL, effective March 10, 2025.
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Feb 7, 2025 |
rob-obrien.medium.com | Rob O’Brien |Rob O'Brien
At his home in Lansing, his family shared the remarkable bond they forged with the Dutch who adopted his grave. Rob O’Brien·Follow10 min read·--At the end of Ferguson Street in Lansing, Michigan, there is no way through for cars, but a small pathway leads down to an open field, where a football scoreboard stands alone in front of a row of houses. It’s a good place to grow up, and a beautiful place to come home to if you live elsewhere.
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Dec 6, 2024 |
sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com | Paul Amberg |Rob O'Brien
On December 2, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS“) issued long anticipated and extensive new controls to impair China’s indigenous production of advanced semiconductors and other items that can be used in advanced weapon systems, AI, and advanced computing in support of China’s military-civil fusion program.
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Nov 27, 2024 |
sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com | Lise S. Test |Vivian Tse |Rob O'Brien |Kerry Contini
On November 21, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury‚Äôs Office of Foreign Assets Control (‚ÄúOFAC‚ÄĚ) designated dozens of Russian banks, including Gazprombank and other Russian banks, securities registrars, and finance officials, to the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (‚ÄúSDN List‚ÄĚ).
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Some visuals from our final day of shooting in Margraten. #theadopted https://t.co/GIvnGI12d4

Last scouting run. Amsterdam at its best. #theadopted https://t.co/vHFwu70qF2

Documentary filmmaking in Amsterdam. This is gonna be fun. Link in bio if you want to come & join me as an executive director! A story worth telling. #theadopted https://t.co/Ccwe2qZ1sI