Well, even the White House now knows, and presumably the folks at the Office of Foreign Assets Control now know, that the Syrian dictator with the silly moustache, Bashar al-Assad, was possibly circumventing U.S. sanctions when he downloaded from iTunes…
So, this afternoon, I was on the phone with a client who had a question about the Cuba sanctions enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”). As I often do in these situations, I went to the OFAC…
ABOVE: Gregory Schulte The House Armed Services Committee last week held a hearing on whether the Thales sale of an ITAR-free satellite to the Chinese had, in fact, leaked U.S. space technology to the Chinese. During that hearing, Gregory L.…
An Afton, Wyoming man, Matt Kallgren, was sentenced, on January 23, 2012, to three years probation with the first four months in home confinement on charges that he exported EAR99 diesel truck parts to Syria. Of course, since criminal penalties…
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has nixed plans to start passenger ferry between Miami and Havana, Cuba. According to a letter sent to a company requesting such service, OFAC said that, after consulting with the State Department, such…