A scandal is emerging in Israel this week; an Israeli software company that manufactures spyware that is reportedly highly effective in surveillance was apparently sold to Iran, notwithstanding the fact that such a sale not only violated international sanctions, the sale was to a country that poses an existential threat to Israel.
How did this sale occur ? It seems that the Israeli company had a relationship with a Danish company, and it was that company that sold the software to Iran. The moral of the story: sanctions facilitators can, and do, operate in a stable, Western jurisdiction that you would never expect that one would come from. Cast aside your preconceived notions that all Iranian sanctions evasions occur in the Middle East.
How did this sale occur ? It seems that the Israeli company had a relationship with a Danish company, and it was that company that sold the software to Iran. The moral of the story: sanctions facilitators can, and do, operate in a stable, Western jurisdiction that you would never expect that one would come from. Cast aside your preconceived notions that all Iranian sanctions evasions occur in the Middle East.
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