On July 26, 2023, the US Departments of Treasury, Commerce, and Justice published a Tri-Seal Compliance Note on the voluntary self-disclosure (āVSDā) of potential violations of US sanctions, export controls, and other national security laws (the āVSD Noteā). This publication is the second Tri-Seal Compliance Note issued by the agencies and continues the enforcement focus on the sanctions and export control measures targeting Russia in particular and national security concerns more generally. The first Tri-Seal…
On March 2, 2023, the US Department of Commerceās Bureau of Industry and Security (āBISā), the US Department of Justice (āDOJā), and the US Treasury Departmentās Office of Foreign Assets Control (āOFACā) published a Tri-Seal Compliance Note: Cracking Down on Third-Party Intermediaries Used to Evade Russia-Related Sanctions and Export Controls (āCompliance Noteā) warning the public of efforts to evade Russia-related sanctions and export controls via use of third-party intermediaries and transshipment points. To aid the…
On 22 February 2023, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new voluntary self-disclosure policy for corporate criminal enforcement in all United States Attorneys’ Offices (USAOs) around the country. USAOs are often the front-line of DOJs enforcement efforts, prosecuting federal criminal cases in each of the 94 federal judicial districts across the country. This includes the prosecution of many criminal violations of US sanctions and export controls. Even when these cases are brought by one…
On January 17, 2023, the US Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) issued a revised version of its Criminal Division Corporate Enforcement Policy (“CEP”). The CEP sets out the Criminal Division’s approach to resolving cases with corporations. In particular, it addresses how the Criminal Division will credit companies which voluntarily disclose criminal conduct and cooperate during the investigation and resolution of the matter. Our analysis of the latest changes to the CEP can be…