Earlier this month, a federal district court judge in New York ruled that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) was required to disclose to the New York Times the names of all individuals who had been granted licenses relating…
The recently-passed Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010 (“CISADA”) ended the import of Persian rugs into the United States. According to this post in the Wall Street Journal‘s Corruption Currents blog, officials at the Office of Foreign…
It started simply enough. A small, U.K.-based agricultural consultant, Fertecon, took a check for £7,156 to its banker, Lloyds, and asked them to cash it. Lloyds refused. The reason? The check came from Cuba. Once bitten, twice shy, it would…
ABOVE: Thomas McGuinn An excellent article by Justin Blum on the U.S. investigation of the Irish company Mac Aviation appeared today on Bloomberg News. I have previously reported here and here on the pending indictments of Mac Aviation and its…
Earlier this month the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) imposed a ten-year denial order on Alphatronx, Inc. on the ground that the company was related to Joseph Pinquet who had been convicted of violating the Arms Export Control Act…