Category Sudan
OFAC Action Keeps Sudan’s Embassy From Having Its Lights Shut Off
ABOVE: Google Street View ofProtesters at Sudanese Embassy The Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published today in the Federal Register a Final Rule amending the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations. The amendment permits U.S. persons to provide services…
Microsoft Shuts Off IM Service in Sudan and Other Sanctioned Countries
Economic sanctions continue to spread into cyberspace as Microsoft announced last Friday that customers in sanctioned countries would receive an error message if they tried to log into their Windows Live Messenger accounts and would no longer be able to…
How Often Do You Get To Root For The Pirates?
No, not the Pittsburgh Pirates. Real pirates, as in the Somali pirates that seized the Ukrainian merchant vessel Faina off the coast of Somalia. But before you get all excited, don pirate gear, break out a bottle of rum and…
I’d Like to Teach Iran to Sing
This article in the International Herald Tribune explores the prevalence of American brand name products in Iran and Sudan notwithstanding sanctions that prohibit most exports to the two countries. As we’ve noted before, much of these products are re-exported from…