The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) released today its monthly summary of enforcement actions. It would appear that the OFAC Task Force devoted to crushing sales of Cuban stogies on the Internets was either on vacation or…
Screen clip from Al-Zawraa On January 9, the Department of Treasury designated Syrian television station Al-Zawraa under Executive Order 13438. That executive order targets parties that threaten Iraqi stabilization, including insurgent and militia groups and their support. Among the reasons…
Back in November, Pennsylvania-based Colorcon, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals for the food and pharmaceutical industries, agreed to pay $39,000 to the Bureau of Industry and Security, based on alleged violations of BIS’s anti-boycott regulations. According to the charging documents…
From our unfortunate press release department: Richardson, TX – Trilogy Circuits announced the completion of registration under the US Department of State’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Administered by the Office of the Defense Trade Controls Compliance (DDTC), under…
The Government Accounting Office released today a report analyzing arms export licensing delays at the Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”). Not surprisingly, particularly to exporters experienced in DDTC’s licensing process, the report concludes that DDTC’s licensing…