http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/25 Latest News on DDTC, BIS, OFAC, and other export law matters Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:01:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/25#comment-2147 ExportLawBlog » OFAC Withdraws Cuba Penalty Imposed on Church Group Mon, 21 May 2007 21:09:54 +0000 http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/25#comment-2147 [...] A while back we reported on a fine that OFAC imposed on the Alliance of Baptists, a church group which obtained a license for its member churches to travel in Cuba. Some of the member churches had apparently engaged in tourist activities such as visiting museums and other tourist attractions. Licenses for missionary activity in Cuba require that the missionaries devote their entire time in Cuba to a religious program and forbid groups from engaging in any tourist activities while in Cuba. [...] [...] A while back we reported on a fine that OFAC imposed on the Alliance of Baptists, a church group which obtained a license for its member churches to travel in Cuba. Some of the member churches had apparently engaged in tourist activities such as visiting museums and other tourist attractions. Licenses for missionary activity in Cuba require that the missionaries devote their entire time in Cuba to a religious program and forbid groups from engaging in any tourist activities while in Cuba. [...]

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