The charging documents for the consent decree between Aeroflex and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, which I wrote about last week, have now been released, and they tell an interesting, and somewhat alarming, story. It’s an alarming story because…
A press release published today on the State Department website revealed that the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls exacted a consent decree from Aeroflex in Plainview, NY, under which, among other things, Aeroflex will pay $8 million in fines as…
To blatantly plagiarize Ogden Nash, jail time for exporting rhinoceros is not something very prepocerous. Or, to put it in another less poetic way, exporting libation cups made from rhinoceros horns to China is not a smart idea. This…
ABOVE: Alfredo Despaigne There is no better proof that comprehensive sanctions are useless and silly than this: U.S. sanctions on Cuba are going to prevent the participation of Cuba’s national baseball team in the Caribbean Series which will take place…
Shawn James Hartnell, a Canadian citizen, pleaded guilty last week to charges he attempted to export rifles from the United States to Canada without a license. Hartnell had been nabbed when he tried to sell rifles to U.S. and Canadian…