Spy Games
In March, Dawn Hanna was convicted by a jury in Detroit for exporting mobile telecom equipment to Saddam Hussein in violation of the U.S. embargo against Iraq in place at the time of the export. Hanna claimed throughout her trial…
Clif Burns
OFAC Guidance Imposes New Burdens on Exports of Medical Devices
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued a guidance today on exports of medical parts to support medical devices legally exported under OFAC licenses to Iran or Sudan, the two countries for which OFAC exercises licensing authority…
N.J. Pol Nixes N.Y. Philharmonic Gig in Cuba
Last week the New York Philharmonic announced that it had been forced to cancel its planned concert in Cuba at the end of October. Although the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) granted licenses to let the instrumentalists travel to…
A “Red Flag” Flies Over Ras Al-Khaimah
Last week, Canadian officials announced that they had intercepted navigational microchips headed for Iran. More interestingly, in an interview that George Webb, the head of Canada Border Services Agency’s Counter Proliferation Section, gave to Canada’s National Post after the interception,…
Can Locke Unlock the Grip of U.S. Export Controls?
At today’s Update Conference in Washington, D.C., Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced a sweeping vision for reform of U.S. export laws: First, we should consider eliminating certain dual-use export license requirements for allies and partner nations — consistent with statutory…