Today's News and Notes

The Government of Japan today enacted new sanctions on Iran. A summary of the new sanctions can be found here. 

Registration is now open for SIA's Fall ITAR Conference to be held in Washington, DC on November 15 and 16, 2010.

Danish and Japanese companies deny violating U.S. sanctions on Iran.

Reuters: Iran feels sanctions heat at UAE ports.

Texas resident arrested for attempting to export night vision sights to Russia. Further details on this unusual case can be found here and here.

Educational Testing Service (ETS) announced last week that resumed registrations in Iran for its TOEFL® and GRE® tests. The brief suspension was the indirect result of tighter U.N. Security Council restrictions on financial transactions involving Iran, which resulted in ETS's banking arrangements being discontinued. Students wishing to take the tests may register through Iran's National Organization of Educational Testing, or with credit/debit cards issued by banks that are not prohibited under U.N. or U.S. sanctions. ETS has permission from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury to conduct its testing business in Iran.

Bangkok Post: Thailand is in the process of implementing a dual-use export control regime. 

FCPA Professor: The FCPA's Long Tentacles (discusses impact of FCPA investigations on mergers and acquisitions).

The U,K.'s Financial Services Authority today fined members of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group £5.6m for failing to have adequate systems and controls in place to prevent breaches of UK financial sanctions.