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Combating Illicit Cargo

Logistics Business Magazine

To address these risks, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) highlights five key measures for robust compliance. These measures involve comprehensive policies, location history monitoring, rigorous background checks, supply chain risk evaluation, and prompt reporting of suspicious activities to authorities. •

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Editor’s Pick: The Long Arm of OFAC – How US Sanctions Impact Pretty Much Everyone

Talking Logistics

Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics.

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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

Logistics Viewpoints

Many multinationals have engineered their global supply chains to minimize taxation by creating subsidiaries in low taxation nations like Switzerland, Ireland, and Singapore. This action was brought by the Office of Foreign Assets Control which is an enforcement agency of the U.S. Treasury Department.

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Editor’s Pick: Using Denied Party Screening to Counter Cyber Threats

Talking Logistics

Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Pick ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. watch lists. While the U.S.

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The Digital Supply Chain Needs to Include Trade Compliance Systems!

Logistics Viewpoints

And yet Jerry Peck, the vice president of product strategy for global trade and transportation execution at QAD, made the point that when global companies think about digital supply chains, global trade compliance is often not part of their thinking. The advantage to a global supply chain can be lower landed costs.

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US accuses Russian forwarder Instar of breaking weapons sanctions

The LoadStar

The latest US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designations, as well as the Bureau of Industry and Security entity list published today, named the forwarder and its customer service manager. Kalashnikov said it currently had a major focus on exporting, which could see other forwarders caught up in US regulations.

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Should My Warehouse Be Automated?

Logistics Business Magazine

A couple of years ago this question might have been a little easier to answer when looking at today’s challenges and what the repercussions of a global health crisis has done to impact the supply chain around the world. Once automation is underway, there is maintenance of equipment that includes adjustments and repairs.