Day: November 27, 2021

On 24 November, the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has added 27 entities to the Entity List for illegally selling technology to China, North Korea and other sanctioned countries, for supporting China’s military modernisation efforts or for contributing to Pakistan’s nuclear and missile programmes.  Included are 12 Chinese concerns. 

https://www.indiablooms.com/world-details/SA/32312/us-blacklists-27-entities-including-12-in-china-over-national-security-concerns.html

https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2021/11/commerce-lists-entities-involved-support-prc-military-quantum-computing

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On 25 November, ENACT Africa produced a report which provides insight and analysis to enable law enforcement agencies in North and West Africa to devise appropriate responses to the threat.  Trafficking in human beings for organ removal (THBOR) is driven largely by the global shortage in organs for ethical transplant.

https://enact-africa.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/2021-10-04-interpol-organ-removal.pdf

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On 25 November, a proposal of the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions had been accepted and a Recommendation dating from 2009 had been amended.  The Recommendation on combating bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions is replaced.  The new version seeks to update and expand upon the 2009 Anti-Bribery Recommendation with a view to further supporting the full implementation of the Anti-Bribery Convention by reflecting recent trends and challenges in the foreign bribery field, to ensure that it remains relevant and effective.  New sections have been included on key topics that have emerged or significantly evolved in the anti-corruption area since 2009, in particular: 

• Addressing the Demand Side of Foreign Bribery Cases;
• Sanctions and Confiscation;
• Non-Trial Resolutions;
• International Co-operation;
• Protection of Reporting Persons;
• Incentives for Compliance; and
• Data Protection.

The draft revised Recommendation also updates or broadens the scope of provisions on pre-existing topics, including enforcement as well as awareness raising, training and guidance.

https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/en/instruments/OECD-LEGAL-0378

 

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A report from Conflict Armament Research contains a case study which looks at 6 different Russian-manufactured military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV – commonly called ‘drones’) that CAR documented in Ukraine.  CAR’s investigations found that the Russian military industry has been obtaining key components for these UAV – such as GPS modules, electronic parts, cameras, and engines – from the US, Asia, the Middle East, and EU, both before and after the start of the conflict in Ukraine in 2014, and despite an EU arms embargo on Russia.

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b9b6bca72ee54b0a9c5f683708248b32

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Athina 984 reported on 27 November that former Argentine President and current Vice-President Cristina Fernandes de Kirsner, as well as her 2 children, Florence and Maximo, have been acquitted of charges of corruption and money laundering involving the family real estate business. 

https://www.athina984.gr/en/2021/11/27/argentini-apallachthikan-apo-katigories-gia-xeplyma-chrimatos-poy-antimetopizan-i-proin-proedros-kristina-fernantes-de-kirsner-kai-ta-paidia-tis/

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On 26 November, the Washington Post reported that an arbitration panel has ruled in favour of 2 Iranian banks in a financial dispute over the 2015 closing of a Bahraini financial institution accused of helping Iran skirt US and UN economic sanctions.  A Hague-based tribunal ordered the government of Bahrain to pay more than $270 million in compensation for losses and legal fees stemming from its decision to close Future Bank.  Future Bank was established in Bahrain in 2004 with the backing of Bank Melli and Bank Saderat, 2 of Iran’s largest financial institutions. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/bahrain-iran-future-bank/2021/11/26/0a1d1b3a-4cad-11ec-b0b0-766bbbe79347_story.html

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