Sanctions busters get a free pass

Source: The Hill

The Obama administration has failed for three years to report on companies that might have violated sanctions on doing business in Iran, North Korea and Syria.

By law, the U.S. is required every six months to report on companies and entities that provide these countries with advanced conventional weapons or assistance with weapons of mass destruction programs and missile systems. Violators are sanctioned for at least two years.

However, the administration is now three years behind in reporting on violators. The last time the administration filed a report was on Feb. 5, 2013, which covered violations in 2010, according to public State Department records and a Democratic House aide.

Some fear the lack of reporting could be giving Russian companies involved in those countries a free pass.


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