Aspirin and Terrorism in Sudan
In October 2017, OFAC started down the long and winding road of eliminating the sanctions on Sudan. As we noted in a post then, OFAC — rather oddly — did not just get rid of the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations but…
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Happy Sudan Day!
Today, October 12, is the day on which Executive Order 13067, which repealed earlier executive orders imposing sanctions on Sudan, becomes effective. We got here by a somewhat circuitous route. Executive Order 13067, issued in the last days of the…
OFAC Fines U.S. Paper Company for “Discussing” Exports to Sudan
Today the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced that it was fining White Birch Paper $372,465 to settle charges arising from exports of $354,602.26 of Canadian-origin paper from a White Birch mill in Canada to a customer in Sudan.…
OFAC Fines AIG for Drafting Error in Global Insurance Policies
On Monday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced that insurance giant AIG had agreed to pay $148,698 to settle charges that it had insured 555 shipments involving Sudan, Iran and Cuba. Although some of the apparent violations involved…
Federal Judge Protects Banks from Injured Sailors and Widows
A recent decision by a federal district court in New York prohibited sailors and their families holding a $314 million judgement against Sudan from collecting any of the judgment from funds that had been wired by a Sudanese bank to…