Russia and Other Secondary Sanctions
Largest U.S. Confiscation of Iranian Fuel Displays Sanctions Evasion Tactics in a Petroleum-Product Deal
September 17, 2020 By: Saskia Rietbroek CSS, Executive Director, ACSS If you are wondering how sanctions evasion works in a petroleum product deal, you should read the recent forfeiture action by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) of four Iranian tankers headed for...
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Largest U.S. Confiscation of Iranian Fuel Displays Sanctions Evasion Tactics in a Petroleum-Product Deal
September 17, 2020 By: Saskia Rietbroek CSS, Executive Director, ACSS If you are wondering how sanctions evasion works in a petroleum product deal, you should read the recent forfeiture action by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) of four Iranian tankers headed for...
Venezuela Update 2020 – More General Licenses, Humanitarian Exemptions, and First Ever Designated Ship Captains
August 29, 2020 By: Robert L. Williams III CAMS, Consultant* For the first half of 2020, OFAC has continued to focus on the Government of Venezuela, the shipping industry, and its ongoing trading of oil with Iran, in violation of OFAC regulations. This follows an...
E.U. and U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela: The Likely Effectiveness of a New Collaborative Crackdown on Sanctions Evasion
August 24, 2020 By: Ingo Steinhaeuser, Director of Financial & Risk, Refinitiv * Following the departure or ejection of its ambassador to Venezuela in June 2020, the European Union added 11 leading Venezuelan officials to the E.U. sanctions list. The individuals...
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