Louisiana Company Settles Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Case
A Louisiana company will pay $20,800 to settle potential civil liability for alleged violations of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said March 21. Between April 2009 and June 2010,…
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Maritech Commercial Inc. provided fuel inspection services for five vessels affiliated with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, OFAC said. That company is on the agency’s list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons. The Iranian company -- which has a history of trying to evade sanctions, OFAC said -- changed the names of four of the five vessels prior to April 2009. But the vessels were still identifiable by their IMO number, which are assigned to vessels of a certain size and nature when constructed. At the time of the violation, Maritech was not screening the names or IMO numbers of any vessels it provided services to against the SDN list, OFAC said.