On January 10, FBI agents arrested William Chi-Wai Tsu, a U.S. citizen and resident of California. Tsu, who was born in Shanghai, was detained on charges that he had illegally exported electronic components to China without first obtaining required licenses…
ABOVE:A.Q. Khan How often can you find the backstory on SDNs in an investigative piece in The New Yorker? Not often. But today’s designation by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of some of the key figures in A.Q.…
For everyone who has been complaining that export controls imposed by the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) have meant that U.S. manufacturers aren’t on a level playing field with foreign competitors, it’s now time to put your money, or…
SyrVet, Inc., an Iowa-based distributor of livestock products, agreed to pay a $250,000 fine to the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) in connection with its unlicensed exports of cattle prods. Cattle prods and other discharge type arms such as…
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…