SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Globe and Mail - Quebec lobbying firm may have broken Sudan sanctions with deal ‘striving’ to supply equipment for military
The Globe and Mail reports that Dickens & Madson, the Canadian lobbying firm working to help Himedti to procure equipment for Sudan’s armed forces, could run afoul of Canadian sanctions and new arms-brokering controls that come into effect in September 2019.
Canadian domestic law has implemented UN Security Council economic sanctions and trade restrictions to limit sales of arms and related materials to Sudan.
Toronto-based lawyer John Boscariol said “if someone were to be providing consulting services that related to the provision of military equipment to a person in Sudan, on its face, that’s prohibited.”
An anonymous Canadian official said that if Dickens & Madson facilitates an arms sale for Himedti, then Canada would expect them to apply for a brokering permit. However, the official added that facilitating a sale of equipment for the Sudanese military comes very close to technical assistance, which is prohibited under the UN sanctions.