Back in 1997, the folks at Omega Engineering were very bad. They applied to the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) for a license to ship laboratory equipment to Pakistan. The license was denied. The appeal of the license denial…
A Florida man and a California man who ran separate aviation parts businesses have been arrested and charged, in a criminal complaint unsealed yesterday, with violations of the Arms Export Control Act and the U.S. embargo on Iran in connection…
ABOVE: John L. Withers, II On Friday, a federal grand jury indicted arms dealer AEY and four company officials on charges, among others, that they committed procurement fraud and lied to U.S. officials about the origin of Chinese manufactured ammunition…
Alexander Latifi, who was acquitted last February on criminal export charges, has been busy seeking vindication, including seeking an award of attorneys’ fees under the Hyde Amendment. In a motion filed on June 12, 2008, we get a better idea…
Iranian sanctions legislation is back on Congress’s menu and Iranian caviar is not. Today the Senate Finance Committee approved a markup of The Iranian Sanctions Act of 2008, a re-tooling (and improvement) of the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007. The…