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,…
Next time you are in the airport, don’t be surprised if some ICE agents, dressed as Viking pillagers, come running after you in the jet-way screaming “What’s in your laptop?” At least that’s a possibility hinted at by BIS Assistant…
Last Friday BIS issued its new and final rule in the war of the iPods pursuant to which the U.S. has proposed to ban export of “luxury items” to North Korea. These sanctions were allegedly directed at the power elite…
BIS issued the first anti-boycott penalty of the year last week to the National Bank of Egypt (warning: linked Bank web site has migraine-inducing animated gifs). As a result, BIS wrangled a settlement agreement and payment of $22,500 from the…
The Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals in California yesterday overturned the conviction of Qing Chang Jiang, who had been convicted of making false statements to a BIS investigator in connection with an export investigation. In unusually harsh language, the…