OFAC announced last week that it had reached a settlement with Koch Foods, a major chicken processing firm, arising out of shipments by Koch to Iraq in August 2002. The OFAC announcement follows OFAC’s general policy of providing minimal guidance…
With each export violation for an item on the Commodity Control List, there is always the possibility that not only will the exporter have BIS to deal with, but also the freight forwarder and shipper will have an unpleasant encounter…
Earlier we reported on the misfortunes of The Springer Magrath Company, a Nebraska-based agricultural supply house that had shipped cattle prods to South Africa without a license. Cattle prods are controlled because they can be used in human rights violations…
If I said that the U.S. defense export community might actually applaud a report from Amnesty International, you would probably say that I need a vacation. I do, in fact, need a vacation, but that is not why I’m saying…
On Saturday, President Bush signed into law the Iranian Freedom Support Act. The legislation codified existing sanctions against Iran and added significant sanctions against Iran. The new sanctions target Iran’s nascent efforts at nuclear proliferation and punish companies, including those…