Clif Burns

Clif Burns

Freight Forwarder Fined For Helmet Export

Another freight forwarder pays for the sins of its customers. Cargoland Air and Ocean Cargo, Inc., a Miami-based freight forwarder, recently agreed to pay to the Bureau of Industry and Security a penalty of $36,000 in connection with its attempted…

You Say Vinales, I Say Viñales

Last week the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) released its monthly report on civil penalties imposed by OFAC. Among those listed was a $1,769 fine imposed on Aero Vacations, a small travel agency in Los Angeles serving Spanish-speaking customers.…

More Revelations in Roth Trial

According to this report from the website of the Knoxville News Sentinel, the trial of Professor J. Reece Roth for violation of the Arms Export Control Act continued today with the testimony of Daniel Max Sherman, the only officer of…

Opening Statements Given in Roth Trial

ABOVE: Professor Reece Roth Opening statements were made yesterday in the criminal prosecution of Professor J. Reece Roth, a retired University of Tennessee professor accused, inter alia, of violating the Arms Export Control Act. Specifically Roth is accused of violating…