The US Treasury Delivered Amazon for Delivery to Crimea

The US Department of Finance fined Amazon for violation of sanctions related to Russia annexed by Russia, Iran and Syria.

The report on the website of the department notes that the company was fined a sum of 134 and a half thousand dollars for violation of various sanctions provided for by the decision of the Office for Monitoring of Foreign Assets (OFAC). In particular, we are talking about the delivery of goods and the provision of services to persons in respect of whom sanctions are provided, as well as to persons who at that time were in Crimea, Syria and Iran.

The US Ministry of Finance reported that from November 2011 to October 2018, users who were in Crimea, Syria and Iran posted orders or led a business to provide services and goods to persons in these regions through Amazon sites.

According to OFAC, Amazon did not properly check the addresses and names of customers in connection with sanctions. As for Iran, the Amazon mistake was that the company did not send goods to the Islamic Republic itself, but to its diplomatic missions in other countries.

Amazon pleaded guilty and agreed to pay the imposed fine.

• In December 2014, sanctions entered into force, which allowed the US Department of Finance to impose restrictions on persons and companies that work in Crimea annexed by Russia. In addition, the export, re -export, sale or supply to the peninsula of goods, services and technologies are prohibited.
• Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. Kyiv and Western countries consider this a violation of international law and imposed sanctions against Russia, which have since repeatedly extended. Moscow calls the attachment of the peninsula "restoration of historical justice."