The Fayetteville Observer provides details of an ongoing investigation of Raleigh-based Law Enforcement Associates, Inc. by the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) with respect to alleged unlicensed exports of surveillance equipment to Morocco, Egypt, the Netherlands, and Great Britain.…
Just how far does the information exception to our economic sanctions programs go? Of course, the traditional response from the Office of Foreign Asset Controls (“OFAC”), the agency that administers the U.S. economic sanctions regimes, is usually “Not very far.”…
You may never have heard of the SEC’s Office of Global Security Risk and probably have no idea what they do. Well, although I know what they are supposed to do, I have always wondered what the people at that…
A superseding indictment was released last week that charged a Belgian citizen and resident with violating U.S. export laws by transshipping items from the United States to Iran through Belgium. This indictment is, in many respects, typical of the increasing…
Several readers have asked that I alert them about speaking engagements. I will be in LA next week on Tuesday and Wednesday for breakfast briefings sponsored by Bryan Cave (naturally) and the U.S. Commercial Service of the Department of Commerce.…