ABOVE: Andrew Shapiro testifying today before Senate Foreign Relations Committee The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today held a hearing on the Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties between the United States and the United Kingdom and between the United States and Australia.…
ABOVE: Amir Ardebili captured on surveillance video in Tbilsi, Georgia Amir Hossein Ardebili, an Iranian national, engaged in extensive negotiations from Iran and apparently on behalf of the Iranian government to export defense items from the United States to Iran.…
For any exporters who may be thinking of ignoring prior export violations hoping that no one will find out, this SEC filing and its tale of a whistleblower might give them an occasion for pause. Law Enforcement Associates just disclosed…
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) published today in the Federal Register a Notice indicating that it was adding a sixth exception to National Security Presidential Directive–56 which mandated a 60-day processing time for export license applications. According to…
In addition to changing the definition of “broker,” the proposed new rules under Part 129 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations expand the jurisdictional reach of those rules over foreign persons. Part 129 currently covers brokering activities by U.S.…