Today is Friday, and we have shrimp on the menu. Last Monday Pacific Shrimp Company pleaded guilty to various charges arising from its exports of shrimp to Mexico. The company pleaded guilty to two counts of falsifying a government document,…
On Tuesday Congress finally passed the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006, which broadens somewhat the existing sanctions scheme in place against Sudan. Under the existing scheme, U.S. companies and individuals may not engage in transactions with senior officials…
In its relentless quest to keep America safe from terrorism, OFAC recently fined a group of Baptists missionaries $34,000 who were on licensed travel to Cuba and who stayed in a hotel near the beach and visited Old Town Havana.…
A license is required from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to export certain nuclear materials. Those license applications are typically printed in the Federal Register for comment. After 9/11 the NRC deleted certain information from the Federal Register Notice, including the…
In response to industry complaints about increased processing times for license applications at DDTC, Robert Maggi, the Managing Director of DDTC, said last week to an industry group that D-Trade would soon make everything better: Robert Maggi, DDTC chief, agreed…