Episode 5: Sanctions Compliance – tracking the untrackable

In this episode of Future Thinking, Mike Salthouse is joined by Brendan Moore, CEO of SynMax, a Houston-based satellite analytics and intelligence company to discuss the issue of sanctions avoidance and how the Parallel Fleet breaks sanctions by avoiding detection. They review how sanctions breakers manipulate the vessel’s AIS signal, and consider how these practices might be countered.

Timestamps

00:33 Challenges in Sanctions Enforcement

02:26 Evolving Tactics in Maritime Sanctions

03:47 State-Level Spoofing and Advanced Evasion Techniques

06:15 Government vs. Commercial Capabilities

09:00 Future Technological Developments

09:44 Red Flags in Sanctions Breaking

11:19 Collaboration Between Governments and Industry

Meet our speakers

Transcript

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