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Re: Prosecution of US group for supplying toys




The group is "Voices in the Wilderness." 

They were served a pre-penalty notice from the Office of Foreign Assets
Control, U.S. Dept. of the Treasury on Dec. 3, 1998.

Part of the "violations" that the Office listed are:

"The violations of the regulations and underlying statutes and Executive
Orders for which this Notice is issued concern your and VW's exportation
of donated goods, including medical supplies and toys, to Iraq absent
specific prior authorization by OFAC and transactions relating to travel
to Iraq and activities in Iraq. Additionally, the violations involve
transactions for the purpose of , or which have the effect of, evading or
avoiding, or which facilitate the evasion or avoidance of any of the
prohibitions of the Regulations, as well as a conspiracy formed for the
purpose of engaging in transactions prohibited by the Regulations. In this
regard, VW has organized members to deliver goods to Iraq in violation of
the embargo and made express statements of the organization's  knowledge
of its violative actions."

For more information, please access
http://www.nonviolence.org/vitw/hearthevoices.html

- Rania Masri



On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, E Herring, Department of Politics wrote:

> Can anyone provide me with further information on the 
> prosecution in the US of a group for supplying toys to 
> Iraq? The case was mentioned recently on this list, but I 
> want to find out more.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Eric
> 
> ----------------------
> Dr. Eric Herring
> Department of Politics
> University of Bristol
> 10 Priory Road
> Bristol BS8 1TU
> England, UK
> Tel. +44-(0)117-928-8582
> Fax +44-(0)117-9732133
> http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Politics
> Eric.Herring@bristol.ac.uk
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