United Parcel Service (UPS)
According to its Quarterly Report filed with the SEC for fiscal year 2013: "We recently identified a shipment to the Iranian embassy in Helsinki, Finland as described below. On February 11, 2013, a UPS customer in Sweden shipped a package to the Iranian embassy in Helsinki, Finland. Pursuant to our trade compliance policies and procedures, we intercepted and locked down the shipment in our facility in Finland. On February 20, 2013, consistent with our obligations under the regulations of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), we filed an initial report of blocked property with OFAC. However, on June 26, 2013, the package was inadvertently released in violation of UPS trade compliance policies and procedures and delivered to the Iranian embassy in Helsinki, Finland. The shipment contained only computer printer ink cartridges. The revenue for this shipment was approximately $35.00. There was no profit associated with this shipment.
The release of the shipment was inadvertent and not in accordance with our compliance policies and procedures. We have filed a voluntary self-disclosure of this inadvertent shipment to OFAC. In addition, following this incident, we have implemented enhanced procedures to prevent the recurring of similar activities."
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