Luxembourg-based Qioptiq S.A.R.L. agreed in mid-December to a $25 million fine in connection with its unlicensed exports of military-grade night vision items and technology without required licenses from the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. Most of the unlicensed exports were…
A spokesman for the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) told Export Law Blog this morning that discussions between OFAC and the North Pole over Santa Claus’s Christmas Eve itinerary had broken down and were not expected to…
ABOVE: Chinese Long March 3B rocket blasts off on July 6, 2007 As the end of the year approaches, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has been busy releasing a flurry of settlement agreements for export violations. In the…
Looking at the title of today’s notice from the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”), which reads “Policy of Denial Regarding ITAR Regulated Activities of EP Investments, LLC (a/k/a Blackwater),” one might think it’s “Bye, Bye, Blackwater.” But…
According to an exclusive story in today’s Washington Times, the Validated End User Program implemented by the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) may be terminated before the end of the Bush administration on January 20. Under…