Today OFAC designated one individual, 27 shipping companies and 28 ships that it asserts have been involved in circumventing sanctions against North Korea, principally by engaging in ship-to-ship transfers where prohibited goods are transferred in mid-ocean to North Korean vessels…
Last week a criminal indictment against Arkansas resident Scott Douglas Browning was unsealed after he was arrested on a number of charges including receiving property stolen from Fort Bragg, possessing testosterone and oxycodone, and exporting image intensification tubes and a…
ABOVE: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov UFO Abductee Things have not been going particularly well for Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, president of the World Chess Federation. First, he was abducted by aliens. Then he was designated by OFAC under Executive Order 13582 for “materially assisting…
ABOVE: Denis Chaibi In response to the current administration’s hourly threats to pull out of the nuclear deal with Iran, it appears that the EU might not only remain in the deal but also adopt blocking regulations prohibiting E.U. firms…
Last month the Bureau of Industry and Security fined Phoenix-based used equipment and part dealer MHz Electronics $10,000 in connection with its exports of two pressure transducers classified as ECCN 2B230 to China and Taiwan. The fine was suspended contingent…