As regular readers probably know, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has issued a list of medical devices and items that are eligible to be exported to otherwise sanctioned countries under a general license, such as this list of…
ABOVE: Dr. Xiaoxing Xi In May of this year, federal agents raided the home of a Chinese-American physics professor, Dr. Xiaoxing Xi, and dragged him from his home in handcuffs before his young daughters on charges that he emailed to…
ABOVE: Alexander Fishenko Almost two years ago, this blog reported on the charges against Alexander Fishenko who, among other things, was accused of shipping various USML and CCL items to the Russian government without a license. Yesterday, according to this…
I’m not sure that chutzpah is a term applicable to government agencies, but, if it is, this is chutzpah. The International Trade Commission announced that it is investigating how Cuban non-tariff measures, Cuban institutional and infrastructural factors, and other Cuban…
A recent article in the Miami Herald discussed the bureaucratic entanglements involved when world-famous athlete Diana Nyad wanted to make a historic swim between Florida and Cuba. She needed an OFAC license to visit Cuba. Her support team needed a…