Countries, such as North Korea, Iran and Russia, may attempt to hide activities by using cryptocurrencies (such as Bitcoin). While the underlying activity of selling controlled goods or dealing with designated persons is illegal (under Canadian export laws) without an export permit/ministerial authorization, a secondary issue is enforcement. Enforcement tools directed at “following the
Canada effectively imposes economic sanctions against certain countries via the Export Development Canada (“EDC”) positions on where they will and will not or business. EDC is Canada’s export credit agency. The EDC extends credit to Canadian businesses (big and small) to facilitate export sales. EDC financial products and services include trade credit insurance, export
In 2017, the United Nations Security Council imposes 3 new rounds of economic sanctions against North Korea (Resolution 2397 (2017) on December 22, 2017, Resolution 2375 (2017) on September 11, 2017, and Resolution 2371 (2017) on August 5, 2017). However, Canada has not amended existing regulations under the United Nations Act against North
Canada has made many lists and you may have to look at more than one list before exporting goods. Which lists you must look at depends upon the destination country, the identity of buyer (including related parties), what specifically you are selling to your buyer (the good and its component parts), and the industry
On November 3, 2017, Canada announced sanctions and published three lists of names under the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) (a.k.a Canada’s Magnitsky Act) imposing sanctions against 52 individuals from Russian, Venezuela and South Sudan. The Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) received
Today, at 1PM, Canada’s Magnitsky Act (known as Bill S-226 Bill S-226 “An Act to provide for the taking of restrictive measures in respect of foreign nationals responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights and to make related amendments to the Special Economic Measures Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act” (officially
On October 12, 2017, Global Affairs Canada published a Consolidated Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions List. Before today, Canadian companies had to review each regulation promulgated under the Special Economic Measures Act when conducting due diligence. However, and this is important, the Global Affairs Consolidated Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions List does not
Today, Canada’s House of Commons will pass at third reading Bill S-226 “An Act to provide for the taking of restrictive measures in respect of foreign nationals responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights and to make related amendments to the Special Economic Measures Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act”
Bill S-226 “An Act to provide for the taking of restrictive measures in respect of foreign nationals responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights and to make related amendments to the Special Economic Measures Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act” to be known as “Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign
On September 22, 2017, Canada did something it has not done in a while – Canada imposed unilateral economic sanctions and asset freezes against 40 officials in the Venezuelan Maduro regime. A new list of designated persons (Canada’s term for sanctioned persons) was publicly releases – the persons against whom the unilateral economic sanctions,