An article in today’s CNN Money contains some interesting tidbits about Weatherford’s operations in sanctioned countries, which we first reported here, and which have been the subject of a governmental investigation. First, the article notes that Weatherford’s divestment of its…
US Embassy in Khartoum Late last week Reuters reported that Adam Szubin, head of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), announced that OFAC was stepping up its enforcement actions for violations of the U.S. sanctions on Sudan. According to…
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) released today its monthly report of penalties imposed by the agency. Of course, that report reveals that OFAC continues to protect our national security by chasing hapless cigarficianados who buy their Cuban Cohibas…
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced expanded sanctions today against Sudan and added three individuals and thirty-one Sudanese companies to the SDN list. Doing business with these companies was already prohibited by the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations. The effect…
The United States Holocaust Museum joined with Google Earth in a project called “Crisis in Darfur” to document the genocide in Darfur. The project pinpoints, through a series of overlays on a Google Earth map, the precise location where each…