When Jesus Argandona, arriving in San Antonio from Mexico City, stepped off his plane, he probably thought his next destination would be his hotel. Instead it was jail. A criminal complaint had been filed against him under the Anti-Smuggling statute,…
An interesting and informative article in the online edition of Die Welt takes the U.S. export control scheme to task for restrictions imposed on the export of avian bird flu vaccine. When Indonesia’s health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses…
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS””) issued an order today denying the appeal of U.K.-based Galaxy Aviation Trade Company Ltd of a Temporary Denial Order (“TDO”) without mentioning or responding to the grounds asserted by Galaxy for its appeal,…
Maxim Integrated Products, a publicly-traded designer and manufacturer of semiconductor circuits and other analog and digital electronics, agreed on October 3 to pay the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) a civil penalty of $192,000 to settle 34 counts of…
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) imposed an arms embargo today on Eritrea. The embargo is the direct result of a State Department determination, made on May 14 under section 40A of the Arms Export Control Act, 22 U.S.C.…