Gustavo Petro, the former President of Colombia, was planning a little trip to Mexico. He booked a flight on Avianca, Colombia’s national airline. But before he could even get settled in his seat and start sipping champagne, Avianca cancelled his…
This story is on some month-old news that I missed at the time of the announcement. But without much else going on right now, I thought it worthy of a belated mention. Back in December, OFAC designated Thieves in Law…
ABOVE: Emmerson Mnangagwa Last Tuesday, while you were thinking about the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, Robert Mugabe, who has been dictator of Zimbabwe for the last 37 years, resigned. Then while you were storming the doors of a local brick and mortar on Black…
French retailer Cartier agreed to pay the Office of Foreign Assets Control $334,800 to settle allegations that it made four sales of jewelry in a United States store to a an individual designated under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations.…
ABOVE: Rafael Márquez Alvarez Yesterday the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated legendary Mexican footballer Rafael Márquez under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations. According to the press release accompanying the designations Márquez allegedly acted as a front man for,…