Certain countries are engaged in sanctions evasions when transporting weapons and oil to various locations after turning off their location transponders, the automatic identification systems. These are called “dark ships” and their purpose to to transport illicit products including oil around the world. Reports indicate that this has become a common practice in order the evade sanctions.
In September of this year, the DOJ reported a multimillion-dollar shipment of crude oil being transported by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that was bound for another country. Suez Rajan Limited pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the International Emergency and Powers Act. The oil was seized in civil forfeiture and the company paid $2.5 Million.
If you have information about U.S. sanction evasion you may contact a whistleblower attorney. JEFFREY NEWMAN AND HIS LAWFIRM REPRESENT WHISTLEBLOWERS UNDER THE SEC, CFTC AND FINCEN WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAMS. whistleblowers who provide original information to these agencies through counsel, may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any successful recovery made by the SEC, CFTC OR FINCEN and the names and identification of the whistleblowers are not revealed. Jeff Newman can be reached at Jeff@Jeffnewmanlaw.com or at 617-823-3217
