Designated by the European Union (on December 1, 2011) for his role as Managing Director of IRISL China Shipping Company (also known as Santexlines, Santelines, Rice Shipping, and E-sail Shipping); sanctions annulled by a judgment of the General Court of the European Union on December 12, 2013; designated by the United States (on June 20,2011) pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets weapons of mass destruction proliferators and their supporters; removed from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list in January 2016 as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.