ABOVE: Juan Pablo Roque (left)Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (right) A jilted wife, a Cuban spy, and OFAC: how could this blog ignore a story involving all three at once? Last week a federal district judge in Miami ruled that Ana Margarita…
When I earlier reported on the latest round of Syria sanctions, which now prohibit exportation of services to Syria, I noted that the executive order did not contain typical exceptions for services that are generally permitted in the case of…
CMA CGM (America) LLC recently agreed to shell out $374,400 to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) to settle charges that it accepted payments for shipping services provided by its foreign parent company, CMA CGM, or its foreign affiliates,…
This article in Bloomberg Business Week details efforts by the U.K. Export Control Organization (“ECO”) to prevent U.K. companies that trade with Iran from becoming subject to U.S sanctions on Iran. Bloomberg filed a lawsuit in the United Kingdom seeking…