According to an article in The Herald, the state-controlled newspaper of Zimbabwe, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) refused to unblock $30,000 that a U.K. couple wired to purchase land in Chinhoyi Municipality, Zimbabwe, and that was blocked by…
For all you lawyers chomping at the bit to provide legal representation to Col. Gaddafi and the government of Libya, I have, as they say, good news and bad news. Following tradition, let’s have the good news first. The Office…
The GAO released on March 7 a report, dated February 2, that chastised the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) for confusion within BIS concerning the proper scope and interpretation of its own deemed export rule. The precise issue is…
Almost one year ago, on March 4, 2010, this blog reported that the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) had posted a website notice that all BAE export licenses were on temporary hold. This came several days after BAE had…
UK citizen and former U.S. Marine Steven Greenoe (pictured right) pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of violating the Arms Export Control Act and one count of filing a false ATF form in connection with his unlicensed exports of more…