Nicholas O’Donnell, an art market lawyer in Boston who has been involved with efforts to get the industry to police itself without government regulation, said in the Ahmad case the market could have done a better job of reviewing its clients.
When Mr. Ahmad was cited, the government issued a news release and his name and those of companies he was known to trade under were published on the database.
The indictment cited relatives and associates of Mr. Ahmad who it said had helped him buy art in violation of sanctions and often dealt directly with the artists or galleries.
Mr. Ahmad, who was born into a wealthy family of diamond traders, remains at large outside the United States, the authorities have said.
The video shows a man it identifies as Mr. Ahmad firing a shoulder-launched rocket, in what the government presents as evidence of his connections to Hezbollah.
Persons:
Nicholas O’Donnell, Ahmad, ”, “ It’s, Mr, Ahmad’s, Hind Ahmad
Organizations:
U.S . Office, Foreign Assets Control, The State Department
Locations:
U.S, Europe, Boston, Lebanon, United States