ABOVE: Diocenyr Ribamar Barbosa-Santos Back in December of 2012, we reported on Diocenyr Ribamar Barbosa-Santos, an airline mechanic, who fantasized to an undercover agent about his plans to buy seven airplanes from China to sell to Iran once he secured a…
Back in August, the Bureau of Industry and Security issued an advisory opinion relating to a request from a number of U.S. art museums regarding temporary export of artworks from the United States to Cuba, presumably to be displayed in…
One of the only things that the Cuba embargo has accomplished has been an unusual burst of creativity by U.S. citizens in figuring out clever ways to smuggle Cuban cigars into the United States. There is, of course, the method…
Kristen Lane from Richardson Electronics and I were on a panel together at the recent ACI EAR Boot Camp in Chicago. Kristen had a great compliance tip that she implemented at Richardson which I asked her to write up so…
More on the 2013 shutdown and export issues: Commerce: BIS yesterday updated its website to inform exporters that the SNAP-R licensing page was closed until the government shutdown is ended. Emergency license applications will be accepted but only if justified…