OFAC Sanctions 4 Ugandans for Adoption Scam
The Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned four people in Uganda for their involvement in an adoption scam, an Aug. 17 news release said. OFAC said the people visited “vulnerable” families in remote villages and promised to take their children…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
If your job depends on informed compliance, you need International Trade Today. Delivered every business day and available any time online, only International Trade Today helps you stay current on the increasingly complex international trade regulatory environment.
to receive an education but instead offered them for adoption to U.S. visitors. OFAC sanctioned two Ugandan judges, Moses Mukiibi and Wilson Musalu Musene; Ugandan lawyer Dorah Mirembe; and Mirembe’s husband, Patrick Ecobu, for carrying out the scheme. Mirembe and Ecobu allegedly bribed the two judges and other Ugandan officials to carry out the adoptions in Ugandan courts.