In recent years, the U.S. government has vigorously pursued financial institutions that knowingly violated sanctions targeting rogue regimes. Since January 2009, the Department of Justice and the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls (“OFAC”) have brought a series of actions against European banks for violating U.S. financial sanctions. Four banks have paid criminal penalties totaling… Continue Reading
It’s been more than several weeks since the Administration indicated that a decision on whether Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried in a federal court or military commission was weeks away. Of course, this will be the second decision on the issue – Attorney General Eric Holder first announced that KSM and his 9/11 co-conspirators would… Continue Reading
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