Erich Ferrari January 26, 2009 President Obama Moves To Increase Government Transparency President Obama issued a number of memoranda last week designed to increase government transparency and allow for greater disclosure of…
Erich Ferrari January 23, 2009 BIS Announces New License Requirements for Reexport of Certain Items to Iran The United States Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security [BIS] has published new rules pertaining to the reexport…
Erich Ferrari January 23, 2009 President Bush Executes Sanction-like Executive Order Prior to Leaving White House President Bush, in one of his final acts of office, signed off on Executive Order 13488 last Friday, Jan. 16,…
Erich Ferrari January 21, 2009 Congratulations Mr. President! You may have heard that I and few million other people voted for this guy, Barack Obama, back in November.…
Erich Ferrari January 16, 2009 Clarification on Cuba Sanctions Announced Yesterday, January 15, 2009, the United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) released an addendum to…
Erich Ferrari January 15, 2009 More Alleged FARC Members Added to Kingpin Act Designation List The United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has designated three more individals as Specially Designated…
Erich Ferrari January 8, 2009 Qioptiq Settles 163 Violations of AECA, ITAR for $25 Million Qioptiq S.a.r.l. (“Qioptiq”) has settled 163 violations of the Arms Control Export Act (“AECA”) and its implementing regulations, the International…
Erich Ferrari January 7, 2009 WAAD Project Listed as an SDN by U.S. Department of Treasury The U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has designated the WAAD Project, a Lebanese construction company…
Erich Ferrari January 5, 2009 Office of Foreign Assets Control Release New Enforcement Information On New Year’s Eve, the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) released new information on civil…
Erich Ferrari December 22, 2008 Iranian Business Executive Allegedly Assisted Iran Nuclear Program The President of the Alavi Foundation, an Iranian not-for-profit organization devoted to the promotion and support of Persian culture, has been…