Last week the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a press release, announcing a $40,000 fine that Ram International, a St.-Louis-based freight forwarder, had agreed to pay in connection with two exports of tin scrap to Allied Trading Company…
People looking for an up-to-date version of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) on the web might be tempted to rely on the “Consolidated ITAR” on the website of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”), the agency that…
According to this article, the Armenian National Committee in America (“ANCA”) has demanded that the Department of State, presumably through the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”), investigate arms export violations it alleges are revealed in connection with an Azerbaijani…
Marc Knapp, who was the subject of this earlier post and this second one, was sentenced to 46 months yesterday following his guilty plea on charges that he attempted to export an F-5 fighter jet and other defense articles to…
This “Correction and Amplification” appearing in today’s Wall Street Journal and relating to this article is emblematic of the declining standards at the once venerable newspaper. A front-page article Tuesday on the issue of Iranian influence in Iraq incorrectly reported…