With all the talk of relaxing Cuba sanctions and possible talks with Iran, it’s not surprising that Burma is showing up at the “me too” table asking for service. Today at Bloomberg, Frank Smithius, Burma country director for Médecins Sans…
OFAC released today its monthly civil penalties report and it is, as is usually the case, all Cuba all the time. EFEX Trade, LLC, a company that provides both management consulting and massage therapy services, paid $2,000 for unlicensed remittance…
Today’s edition of London’s The Guardian reports on a trial in London of three men accused of shipping military aircraft parts to Iran. These parts are used to maintain its aging fleet of U.S. military aircraft sold by the U.S.…
BJ Services, the Houston-based oil and gas field service provider, recently agreed to pay $800,000 to settle charges that it illegally exported certain valves without the requisite licenses from the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”). The BIS investigation, and…
The Washington Times published an editorial today advocating that a French pharmaceutical company be denied access to the U.S. market because it allegedly sold “raw botulinum toxin” to Iran. The company, Ipsen, is seeking to market two Botox-alike cosmetic drugs,…