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April 20, 2023 – The Staying Quiet Edition

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Post date April 20, 2023
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Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

Stories we are following in today’s edition:

Venezuelan corruption probe snares another PDVSA official. (Reuters)
Lawmakers want UFLPA enforced. (WSJ)
Staying quiet about export control violations will cost you. (WSJ)
FSIA does not apply to instrumentalities. (Reuters)

Tags corruption, import control, PdVSA, UFLPA

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Gar Hurst on Biggest Import Issue You Have Never Heard About

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Post date October 19, 2020
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In this episode, I visit with Gar Hurst a partner at Givens and Johnston. Gar and the firm specialize on import control issues. Today we take a major issue that is bedeviling companies in the Port of Houston and elsewhere, wood packaging issue. We explore why it is the biggest threat to importations you have never heard about. It turns out that import laws and regulations have substantial impact on export control, AML and ABC compliance.

What are wood packaging violations?
What is covered by Wood Packaging regulations?
What are violations and what are Emergency Actions Notices?
What remedies are allowed in the US and when must you go internationally for remediation?
What are potential penalties.
How can you engage in prevention?

See Gar Hurst’s professional profile here. See the firm of Givens and Johnston’s profile here.