Prison Address: Probably a Red Flag
BIS will send you, if you ask, an email notifying you of updates to the BIS website. Today I received one of the odder of such notices: In the matter of the denial order of Ihsan Elashi, et. al., the…
Clif Burns
Chattanooga Boo-Boo
OFAC just released its monthly exercise in non-disclosure, recounting — in as little detail as possible — penalty actions undertaken by OFAC in the previous month. A Cuba vacationer, a guy who purchased a few Cuban stogies over the Internet,…
OFAC Lassos El Paso
In all the hubbub about the SEC fining El Paso for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act through bribes paid in connection with the Oil for Food program, there has been little mention that OFAC was also part of the…
From Here to Kathmandu, Part 2
Last week I posted on the issuance by OFAC of a license to the U.S. Embassy in Nepal and USAID to continue providing financial support to the Government of Nepal notwithstanding that the Communist Party of Nepal (the “CPN”), an…
A Tale of Two Dictators
With profound apologies to Mel Brooks, it’s springtime for Muammar in Libya, winter for Hugo Chavez! No, that’s not the latest lyric from a Broadway hit; rather it’s a reference to a notice of a final rule issued by DDTC…