Erich Ferrari April 30, 2013 OFAC Announces Counter Narcotics, Terrorism, and IFSR Removals It’s always an exciting day when the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announces…
Erich Ferrari March 27, 2013 When Push Comes to Shove: U.S. Not Happy With EU Sanctions These Days At a recent symposium held by Georgetown University on the topic of economic sanctions the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist…
Erich Ferrari March 16, 2013 OFAC Updates the IFSR, Includes Definitions Earlier this week, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended Part 561 of…
Erich Ferrari March 6, 2013 Another Houston Company Settles With OFAC Yesterday, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a settlement with EGL, Inc.,…
Erich Ferrari March 3, 2013 Criminal Investments: The New Trend in IEEPA Criminal Cases There is a terrifying trend in the world of criminal prosecutions for sanctions related offenses these days. More and more…
Erich Ferrari February 25, 2013 Court Denies Suppression of IEEPA Defendant’s Statements Related to Medical Exports to Iran The United States District Court of the Southern District of California has denied the motion of a criminal defendant, Mohammad…
Samuel Cutler February 23, 2013 Mandated SEC Disclosures for Iran Sanctions Dealings a Boon for Law Enforcement Don’t look now but combing through SEC filings is about to get a lot more interesting. Under section 219 of…
Erich Ferrari February 9, 2013 OFAC Tells Us What We Already Know….Will It Make a Difference? In a definite sign that complaints regarding U.S. sanctions blocking the flow of medicine to Iran are beginning to pick…
Erich Ferrari January 30, 2013 Case Study: How New Iran Sanctions Regulations Impact a Basic TSRA Transaction A few days ago, I reported on the number of licenses issued pursuant to the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export…
Erich Ferrari January 27, 2013 Individual Convicted of IEEPA Violation Returns to Tehran After Losing His Appeal Earlier this month, Amirhossein Sairafi, one of three defendants charged in in the Central District of California for violation the…