US Treasury Hack Info May Have Helped Russia Tycoons Dodge Sanctions
On 12/16/20 at 2:15 PM EST
Newsweek.
While neither the culprits nor the motive behind the supply chain that exploited software company SolarWinds have been conclusively identified, the increasing likelihood of a nation-state s involvement has turned eyes toward valuable potential targets within the encrypted halls of the nation s federal revenue management agency. I think it sort of stands to reason, depending on what the nature of the actual hack was, certainly sensitive discussions were probably exposed or at risk of exposure, Peter Kucik, who spent nearly seven years at the Treasury Department s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), told
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On December 2, 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued an import detention or Withhold Release Order (WRO) against cotton produced by Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) based on information that reasonably indicated XPCC used forced labor within its cotton supply chains. This action comes after CBP issued five WROs in September 2020 on products found to be reliant on state-sponsored forced labor in Xinjiang. The U.S. government has expressed ongoing concern about human rights abuses of the Uyghur minority in this part of China.
Under 19 U.S.C. § 1307, CBP is authorized to ban imports on goods and merchandise produced “wholly” or “in part” from forced or indentured labor, including child labor or convict labor. Specifically, once WROs are issued, banned goods that reach the U.S. border may be subject to exclusion or seizure, and could lead to criminal investigations of importers. Pursuant to 19 C.F.R. § 12.42, importe
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