The OverRuled: BIS Export Controls Module has been updated with the following actions:
- 16 May 2025 - Roberto Marrero-Cisneros - Denial Order; No monetary penalty
BIS issued against Roberto Marrero-Cisneros (“Respondent”) a Denial Order for a period of 7 years in relation to his conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. § 371. Specifically, Respondent was convicted of conspiring to export stolen boat engines and parts from the United States to Mexico. The Order went into effect on Respondent’s date of conviction on May 19, 2023. BIS did not impose any monetary penalty.
The OverRuled: Russia Trade Controls Resource Center has been updated with the following actions:
- 20 May 2025 (EU):
The Council of the European Union (the "Council") adopted its 17th package of sanctions measures against Russia. The new sanctions package introduces, inter alia, a significant number of new asset freeze designations (individuals, entities, and vessels), additional entities subject to tighter export restrictions, the expansion of the list of items subject to export controls that might contribute to Russia's military and technological enhancement or the development of its defense and security sector, along with an extension of the EU exemption relating to the Sakhalin-2 Project.
- 20 May 2025 (UK):
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation ("OFSI"), together with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ("FCDO"), designated 20 individuals and 62 entities for the purposes of an asset freeze, and imposed shipping restrictions against 18 vessels, pursuant to the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the "Russia Regulations").
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