The U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday that it charged Li Fangwei, a Chinese national, with violating U.S. sanctions against Iran as well as with federal fraud violations. Li, also known by a panoply of aliases including Karl Lee, Sunny…
Armed with over 30 million Twitter followers and a shelf-full of Grammy and Emmy awards, Justin Timberlake may be staring down U.S. sanctions better than Putin himself. Reuters reported last week that JT’s sold-out show next month at Helsinki’s Hartwall…
OFAC announced last week that it issued additional Frequently Asked Questions and respective answers relating to what remain of U.S. sanctions against Burma. None of the additional questions or answers is surprising or resolves an issue that is not otherwise answered…
Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander suggested this week on Canadian television that Canadian sanctions against Russia were a possibility if Russia was to support violent strife in Ukraine. Although Alexander has since declined to comment on specific sanctions against…
The continuing violence and political instability in Ukraine have raised concerns around the world, especially within the United States and the EU. Whether some form of sanctions against current officials in the Ukrainian government should be imposed has been debated…