Back on November 17, the South Koreans seized KOTI, a Panamanian-registered ship that was suspected of transferring oil in mid-ocean to a North Korean ship. That didn’t stop the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) from adding the vessel (and…
Today OFAC designated one individual, 27 shipping companies and 28 ships that it asserts have been involved in circumventing sanctions against North Korea, principally by engaging in ship-to-ship transfers where prohibited goods are transferred in mid-ocean to North Korean vessels…
ABOVE: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov UFO Abductee Things have not been going particularly well for Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, president of the World Chess Federation. First, he was abducted by aliens. Then he was designated by OFAC under Executive Order 13582 for “materially assisting…
ABOVE: Denis Chaibi In response to the current administration’s hourly threats to pull out of the nuclear deal with Iran, it appears that the EU might not only remain in the deal but also adopt blocking regulations prohibiting E.U. firms…
The Olympics are, in theory, a time when foreign policy should be put aside and world athletes simply compete in the probably vain hope that peaceful athletic games might have a spill-over effect into the stormier regions of international relations. …