Private security company Blackwater is, apparently, pitching itself to shipping companies as their solution to all their pirate problems. They’ve even got a 183-foot ship that can carry two helicopters and a shipload, so to speak, of rigid-hull inflatable boats.…
The saga over conflicts between the Department of State and the Department of Commerce regarding which agency has jurisdiction over exports of aircraft parts continues with the latest Final Rule issued by the Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security. The…
ABOVE: Mansoor RadFinance DirectorNaftiran Just before Thanksgiving, the Office of Foreign Asset Controls (“OFAC”) designated a Swiss corporation and a U.K. corporation as entities controlled by the Government of Iran. The two companies involved were Naftiran Intertrade Co. (NICO) SARL,…
Regular readers of this blog know that an occasional feature is highlighting press releases by companies that have received their registration number from the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) and that can’t resist engaging in, shall we say, a…
ABOVE:A380 Cockpit The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has asked for comment on a proposal to eliminate the de minimis rule, in certain instances, with respect to products classified under Category 7A of the Commerce Control List and controlled…