The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated as foreign narcotics traffickers Sinaloa Cartel collaborator Alejandro Flores Cacho, along with 12 entities and 16 members of his financial and drug t...
Sanctions: US approves transfer of anti-surveillance software to Iran
In a little noticed action, the USA has issued a licence to a Californian company to export its products to Iran. Surprising in itself, it's the nature of the product that raises eyebrows. The US bans a wide range of encryption software and rela...
Sanctions: UN extends life of body dealing with North Korea sanctions
The UN Security Council yesterday (7 June 2010) voted unanimously to extend for another year the mandate of the expert body dealing with United Nations sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Sanctions: Courier DHL pays USD9.44m to settle sanctions action
The international courier company DHL has agreed to pay a total of USD9.44m to settle allegations that it breached US sanctions law and to avoid prosecution.
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