Novamet Specialty Products Corporation recently agreed to pay $700,000 to the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) for 15 unlicensed shipments of nickel powder worth about $80,000. According to the charging documents, the powder was classified as ECCN 1C240.a. It…
The Institute for Science and International Security recently released an interesting report on Germany’s criminal prosecution of Vanaki Mohsen, who was accused of exporting various dual use items to Iran in violation of Germany’s War Weapons Control Act. The prosecution…
Roy Lee Oakley, an unskilled maintenance worker, was indicted on July 17 and charged with violating section 224 of the Atomic Energy Act (42 U.S.C. § 2274). The charges were based on Oakley’s alleged attempts to export gas diffusion barriers…
Two Indian nationals were arrested in the United States on March 23 for exporting dual-use items to India without a license. Although the indictment delivered by the District of Columbia grand jury is not yet posted on the Internet, recent…
On Monday, October 16, Russia’s ambassador to the U.N. Vitaly Churkin demanded that the U.S. lift sanctions that the U.S. had imposed on two Russian firms. The sanctions at issue were imposed on August 4, 2006, by the State Department’s…