OFAC announced on Friday a settlement with California-based SAN Corporation (“SAN”) for an alleged violation of the Iranian Transactions Regulations that occurred in September of 2007. OFAC alleged that SAN sold nutritional supplements to an entity in Kuwait with knowledge that…
Pay attention to the by-lines on posts here now that my colleague George Murphy has agreed to contribute posts. The post just above this one — the one about the “non-egregious” OFAC violation by San Corporation — comes from George.…
Today DDTC released its final transition plan for the first wave of export control reform under which certain items in Category VIII of the USML are transitioned to a new “600 series” of controls in Category 9 of the CCL.…
ABOVE: Ian Chow Ian Chow, an Australian expatriate living in New Guinea and who is the managing director of the Lae Biscuit Company in Lae, New Guinea,* pleaded guilty to charges in Australia that he illegally exported ammunition components to New…
Yesterday the United Nations, by a lopsided 154-3 vote, approved the Arms Trade Treaty. The three “no” votes came from Iran, Syria and North Korea. Joining with those three countries in opposing the treaty will likely be the U.S. Congress, seemingly…