What do missiles and toilets have in common? Both are on the United States Munitions List. Zodiac Group apparently learned this the hard way. Zodiac, best known for its inflatable water craft, also makes toilets for boats and airplanes. According…
The “Jules Verne,” the automated transfer vehicle (“ATV”) being designed by NASA and the European Space Administration (“ESA”) to ferry supplies to the International Space Station is, by definition, a defense article covered by Category XV of the United States…
A while back we reported on a fine that OFAC imposed on the Alliance of Baptists, a church group which obtained a license for its member churches to travel in Cuba. Some of the member churches had apparently engaged in…
On its website today, OFAC designated the Estancia Infantil Niño Feliz (aka “Happy Baby Day Care Center”) in Culiacan, Mexico, as a narcotics playpen kingpin. Undercover agents reported hearing a discussion between two four-year-olds planning to ship 200 kilos of…
A press release from the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) this afternoon announced that Cooper Tools Industrial Ltda., a wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary of Houston-based Cooper Industries, agreed to pay $27,000 to settle anti-boycott violations that had been voluntarily disclosed…