U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and Export Control Laws: How to Equate a Credit Card Transaction with a Violation of National Security Controls or Selling 400 Grams of Heroin

Authors

J. Triplett Mackintosh, Holland & Hart, LLP
Danielle R. Voorhees, Holland & Hart, LLP

Abstract

The article critiques the application of section 2M5.1 of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (USSG) to criminal violations of the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) regulations, arguing that such application is overly broad and misaligned with the severity of offenses. It contends that treating minor transactions with embargoed countries as equivalent to national security threats or terrorism support is inappropriate, as these regulations often involve malum prohibitum offenses that are not inherently malicious.

Disciplines

Banking and Finance Law | Law

Recommended Citation

J. T. Mackintosh & Danielle R. Voorhees, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and Export Control Laws: How to Equate a Credit Card Transaction with a Violation of National Security Controls or Selling 400 Grams of Heroin, 5 Cardozo Pub. L. Pol’y & Ethics J. 191 (2006).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cplpej/vol5/iss1/14