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Mara Lee

Mara Lee, Senior Editor, is a reporter for International Trade Today and its sister publications Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. She joined the Warren Communications News staff in early 2018, after covering health policy, Midwestern Congressional delegations, and the Connecticut economy, insurance and manufacturing sectors for the Hartford Courant, the nation’s oldest continuously published newspaper (established 1674). Before arriving in Washington D.C. to cover Congress in 2005, she worked in Ohio, where she witnessed fervent presidential campaigning every four years.

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OFAC Amends Burmese Sanctions Regulations to Implement Executive Orders
June 26, 2014 by Brian Dabbs|Treasury Dept.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control amended the Burmese Sanctions Regulations to implement Executive Order 13448 “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Burma,” Executive Order 13464 “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Burma,” Executive Order 13619 “Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Burma,” and Executive Order 13651 “Prohibiting Certain Imports of Burmese Jadeite and Rubies.” The orders were issued from 2007 to 2013. The amendments are effective June 27. OFAC also reissued the regulations in their entirety.

OFAC Replaces SDN Search With More Inclusive Sanctions Search List
June 10, 2014 by Brian Dabbs|Treasury Dept.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control replaced the Specially Designated Nationals Search function on its website with the Sanctions Search List, a tool that allows searches for names on the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List, the Foreign Sanctions Evaders (FSE) List, or the two lists simultaneously. The search results are printable and can be saved as a spreadsheet. OFAC also released answers to frequently asked questions on algorithms, scoring, and other technical details of the search function (here).

DOJ Settles Civil Case with Fokker Over Sanctions Violations
June 6, 2014 by Brian Dabbs|Penalties and Courts

The Fokker Services B.V. will pay $10.5 million to settle violations of export control laws, the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations and the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations, said the Federal Bureau of Investigation (here). It will also forfeit $10.5 million under the settlement. The alleged violations, which reportedly took place between 2005 and 2010, involved the indirect export of aircraft spare parts to Iran, Sudan and Burma, said the FBI and the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The goods were either procured or repaired in the U.S. specifically to the customer request or were U.S.-origin and subject to U.S. license requirements, OFAC said. The base penalty for the alleged violations is $145,492,023, but Fokker voluntarily self-disclosed the matter to OFAC to reduce its potential liability to $50.9 million.

OFAC Offers Users Secure Download Capability for SDN, FSE Files
May 22, 2014 by Brian Dabbs|Treasury Dept.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is now providing secure download capability for its Specially Designated Nationals and Foreign Sanctions Evaders lists files by using Secure Socket Layer. The new capability is available by changing the relevant URL header from http:// to https://, it said.

White House, OFAC Sanction Central African Republic Officials Over Ongoing Conflict
May 14, 2014 by Brian Dabbs|White House

President Barack Obama on May 13 issued an executive order to sanction five individuals from the Central African Republic accused of destabilizing the country and fueling violence over recent months. The executive order also provides the Treasury Department with a larger scope to exact additional sanctions against those involved in the crisis. The order blocks the U.S. property and interests of the sanctioned individuals, along with property and interests that come into the U.S. The order also prohibits other dealings with the sanctioned individuals. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added the individuals to the Specially Designated Nationals List (here), as follows: