Sunday, October 4, 2009

Black Market Creates Roadblock for Sanctions to Iran

President Obama stands by his plan of enforcing economic sanctions on Iran if diplomacy fails, but the growing number of black market networks around the globe make enforcement difficult. A Dutch aviation services company has been indicted for illegally funneling American aircraft and electronics components to Iran from 2005 to 2007. The U.S. finds these sanctions necessary but know there are leaks in the system that are impossible to stop. The union of other countries aid in these sanctions is the only way this plan will be successful. However, during the convention in Geneva on Thursday, the Iranian officials agreed to give nuclear inspectors access to it's enrichment facility. Some European countries feel that these sanctions will ultimately hurt the people of Iran and turn them into the arms of their corrupt government. There will always be rouge states that will aid Iran for a price, but these rising prices might slow down corrupt practices.

By Paul Yuccas

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