Officials say that both businesses and organized crime are violating sanctions because of huge profits.

However, the right to free speech is not a license to violate U.S. or international sanctions.

Others were more political, including a call for a ban on international conferences in nations accused of violating sanctions.

States that violate sanctions can themselves be subject to sanctions.

All President Hussein would need is an ally, or foreign merchants willing to violate international sanctions and their country's law.

Any such work would have violated United Nations sanctions against Iraq.

He portrayed himself as Iraq's savior from foreign marauders and ensured that only his friends were allowed to violate sanctions.

Israel has also enacted legislation that penalizes any companies that violate international sanctions.

Often, these private entities decide that it is simply not worth the risk of violating sanctions to continue facilitating even perfectly valid transactions.

The companies had resisted offering such services for fear of violating existing sanctions.