<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/linked-in-leaving-iranian-americans-left-out/"></div>I received a call last night from a concerned Iranian-American acquaintance of mine who had some questions about the Iranian Transactions Regulations (“ITR”). His questions stemmed from the fact that the social networking site Linked In has made it so that the drop down menus in the education section of their profiles do not contain […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_
Category : Erich Ferrari
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/belarus-sanctions-added-to-code-of-federal-regulations/"></div>A few weeks ago, the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), added a new part to Chapter V of Title 31 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations. That part, codified at 31 C.F.R. Part 548, constitutes the Belarus Sanctions Regulations. These regulations were promulgated in order to […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/undeterred-by-snowstorm-ofac-designates-iranians/"></div>I was quite surprised to find out that the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated one Iranian individual and four Iranian entities under the Non-Proliferation sanctions program on a day when the federal offices were closed in Washington. As many of you already know, we have been slammed […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-hits-balli-group-plc-and-balli-aviation-with-a-massive-penalty/"></div>I know I’m starting to sound like a broken record here, but the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) is upping the ante when it comes to the dollar amounts of the fines they issue. As I have discussed over the past year, OFAC has been levying bigger and […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/one-fish-two-fish-big-fish-small-fish/"></div>Ladies and gentlemen of my readership…….Sorry about that I just wrapped up a jury trial in Houston and Im still in trial mode, but while the jury deliberates, I wanted to post to my neglected blog. First, allow me to apologize for my absence; I will try to be more consistent in my postings for […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/former-president-of-the-alavi-foundation-pleads-guilty/"></div>Happy New Year and welcome to 2010! Farshid Jahedi, the former president of the Alavi Foundation, has pleaded guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice. The charges arose from his December 2008, destruction of documents concerning the Alavi Foundation’s relationship with Bank Melli Iran and the ownership of an office tower at 650 […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --&
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-caps-off-a-huge-2009-with-their-biggest-settlement-ever/"></div>In a year of absolutely huge fines and settlements for violations of sanctions programs, the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) saved the best (or biggest) for last. This week OFAC announced a whooping $536 million dollar settlement with Credit Suisse AG for violating OFAC administered sanctions. This settlement […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/lose-one-kingpin-ofac-adds-seven-more/"></div>Well unless you have been living under a rock–or simply just don’t follow the developments in Mexico’s drug war–Arturo Beltran Levy was killed in a two hour gun battle with Mexican Marines on Wednesday. His death comes mere weeks after the United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated 22 individuals […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/changes-to-the-global-terrorism-sanctions-regulations/"></div>Just in time for Christmas the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has provided new insight into the definition of “financial, material, or technological support” as that term is used in the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations (“GTSR”). This new definition can now be found at 31 C.F.R. 594.317. Under this […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/there-are-a-lot-of-new-kingpins/"></div>Call off the search party……I’m back. I apologize for being gone so long, but I have been busy moving my offices from DC’s sleepy west end neighborhood to the much busier White House area. Ferrari Legal, P.C. is now located at 1455 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. This puts me right where I want to be….across the […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via