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Commerce Rule Advances U.S. National Security by Enhancing Coordination Between Commerce Export Controls and Treasury Sanctions
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March 20, 2024

Commerce Updates Rules To Further Restrict Exports To Nigaragua Due To Foreign Policy Concerns
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March 14, 2024

Chinese National Residing in California Arrested for Theft of Artificial Intelligence-Related Trade Secrets from Google
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March 07, 2024

Two Defendants Arrested for Conspiring to Illegally Export Weapons to South Sudan
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March 05, 2024

Russian International Money Launderer Pleads Guilty to Illicitly Procuring Large Quantities of U.S.-Manufactured Dual-Use, Military Grade Microelectronics for Russian Entities
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March 01, 2024

Citing National Security Concerns, Biden-Harris Administration Announces Inquiry into Connected Vehicles
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February 29, 2024

Commerce Makes Additions to Entity List for Supporting Online Censorship and Surveillance to Target Political Actors and Human Rights Activists and for Diversion of U.S. Items to Entity Listed Party
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February 26, 2024

Commerce Stands Strong with Ukraine, Takes Further Action Against Ongoing Russian Aggression
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February 23, 2024

Readout On The Trilateral United States-Japan-Republic Of Korea Convening Of Commerce And Industry Export Control Principals In Tokyo
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February 21, 2024

Readout of Assistant Secretary Matthew Axelrod’s Participation in the 2024 Munich Security Conference
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February 20, 2024

Russian-Canadian National Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Launder Money from Scheme to Send UAV and Missile Components to Russia in Violation of U.S. Sanctions
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February 12, 2024

Former Iranian-Owned Boeing Aircraft Successfully Returned to the United States
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February 12, 2024

Readout of Disruptive Technology Strike Force One-Year Summit
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February 9, 2024

Missouri-Based Defense Department Contractor Admits Fraud
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February 8, 2024

Justice Department Announces Charges and Arrest in Two Separate Illicit Technology Transfer Schemes to Benefit Governments of China and Iran
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February 7, 2024

‘King’ of Violent Haitian Gang Pleads Guilty to Gun Smuggling and Money Laundering After Government’s Case
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February 2, 2024

U.K. Citizen Sentenced to Prison for Attempting to Export U.S. Technology to Iran
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February 2, 2024

Chinese Nationals Charged with Illegally Exporting U.S.-Origin Electronic Components to Iran and Iranian Military Affiliates
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January 31, 2024

BIS Imposes $153,175 Penalty Against Wabtec Corporation to Resolve Alleged Violations of Antiboycott Regulations
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January 30, 2024

Commerce Proposes Rule to Advance U.S. National Security Interests and Implement Biden-Harris Administration’s AI Executive Order and National Cybersecurity Strategy
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January 29, 2024

Reward Up To $15 Million for Information on Hossein Hatefi Ardakani
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January 24, 2024

Commerce Strengthens Controls Against Russia And Belarus In Response To Russia’s Continued War Against Ukraine
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January 23, 2024

BIS Announces Appointment Of Elizabeth “Liz” Cannon As Executive Director Of Office Of Information And Communications Technology And Services 
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January 22, 2024

Virginia Man Convicted of Exporting Heavy Equipment to Iran in Violation of U.S. Sanctions Laws
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January 18, 2024

BIS Deploys Assessment On The Use Of Mature-node Chip
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January 18, 2024

Businessman Arrested for Scheme to Illegally Export Semiconductors and Other Controlled Technology to Russia
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January 18, 2024

Siblings Convicted Of Purchasing 7,000 Rounds Of Ammunition For Transport Across The Border
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January 4, 2024

NuDay Charity Sentenced for Illegal Exports to Syria
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January 2, 2024

Rhode Island Man Sentenced To 68 Months In Prison For Trafficking Over One Hundred “Ghost Guns” To The Dominican Republic
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December 21, 2023

Iranian National Charged with Unlawfully Procuring Microelectronics Used in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on Behalf of the Iranian Government
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December 19, 2023

Departments Of Commerce, Justice, Homeland Security, State And The Treasury Issue Joint Compliance Note Reinforcing Best Practices To Ensure The Safe And Compliant Transfer Of Goods In Maritime And Other Forms Of Transportation
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December 12, 2023

EDVA Seizes Three Domains Used by Lebanese Hizballah and Its Affiliates
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December 8, 2023

Commerce Issues Rules To Reflect Export Control Coordination with Allies And Partners And Facilitate Secure Trade
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December 7, 2023

Belgian National Charged with Crimes Related to Scheme to Illegally Procure Critical U.S. Technology for End Users in China and Russia
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December 6, 2023

Belgian National Faces Federal Charges for Illegally Procuring Critical U.S. Technology for End Users in China and Russia
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December 6, 2023

Commerce Adds 42 Entities To The Entity List For Supporting Russia’s Military, Including Co-production Of Drones With Iran
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December 6, 2023

Commerce Adds Four To Entity List Related To Circumvention Of U.S. Sanctions Against Venezuela, Russia
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November 21, 2023

BIS Issues Temporary Denial Order Against 7 Persons And 3 Companies For Illegally Exporting Electronics With Military Applications To Russia
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November 7, 2023

FinCEN and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security Announce New Reporting Key Term and Highlight Red Flags Relating to Global Evasion of U.S. Export Controls
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November 6, 2023

BIS Imposes Penalty Against Pennsylvania Company To resolve Alleged Violations Of The Antiboycott Regulations
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November 3, 2023

Brooklyn Resident and Two Russian Nationals Charged with Exporting Dual-Use Electronics Used in Russian Military's Drones
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November 2, 2023

Four Arrested and Multiple Russian Nationals Charged in Connection with Two Schemes to Evade Sanctions and Send U.S. Technology Used in Weapons Systems to Russia
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November 2, 2023

Commerce Adds 13 Entities To Entity List For Aiding Russia’s Illegal War In Ukraine
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November 2, 2023

Brooklyn Resident and Two Russian-Canadian Nationals Charged with Massive Sanctions Evasion and Export Control Scheme
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October 31, 2023

Commerce Strengthens Restrictions on Advanced Computing Semiconductors, Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment, and Supercomputing Items to Countries of Concern
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October 17, 2023

Commerce Issues Rule to Strengthen National Security Partnership to Secure Semiconductor Supply Chains with Republic of Korea
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October 13, 2023

Commerce Adds 49 Entities To The Entity List For Providing support To Russia’s Military And/or Defense Industrial Base
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October 6, 2023

Bureau Of Industry And Security Issues Best Practice Guidance To Help Prevent High-priority Items From Being Diverted To Russia
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September 28, 2023

United States-Australia-Canada-New Zealand-United Kingdom Release Joint Guidance On Countering Russia Evasion 
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September 26, 2023

Commerce Adds 28 Entities To Entity List For Conspiracy To Violate U.S. Export Controls And Other Activities Contrary To U.S. National Security Interests
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September 25, 2023

Commerce, International Partners Continue Coordination in Response to Russia’s Illegal Invasion of Ukraine
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September 19, 2023

Russian International Money Launderer Arrested for Illicitly Procuring Large Quantities of U.S.-Manufactured Dual-Use Military Grade Microelectronics for Russian Elites
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September 18, 2023

BIS Imposes Penalty Against Pratt & Whitney Component Solutions to Resolve 13 Alleged Violations of The Antiboycott Regulations
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September 07, 2023

BIS Issues Temporary Denial Order in Support of Strike Force Case Against Russian National For Illegally Exporting Sensitive U.S.-Sourced Micro-Electronics with Military Applications to Russia
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August 31, 2023

New York Man Sentenced in Connection with the Illegal Export of Weapons
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August 31, 2023

Bureau of Industry and Security Continues to Update Section 232 Exclusions Process
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August 28, 2023

Commerce to Remove 33 Parties from the Unverified List after Successful Completion of End-Use Checks
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August 21, 2023

Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Traffic “Ghost Guns” And To Laundering Money 
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August 8, 2023

Departments of Justice, Commerce and Treasury Issue Joint Compliance Note on Voluntary Self-Disclosures
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July 26, 2023

Commerce Adds Four Entities to Entity List for Trafficking in Cyber Exploits 
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July 18, 2023

Suspected Russian Intelligence Operative Extradited from Estonia to Face Charges Related to Providing American-Made Electronics and Ammunition to Russian Military
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July 14, 2023

BIS Imposes Penalties Against A Manufacturer of Defense Weapon Systems and A Defense Contractor, Resolving Alleged Violations of Antiboycott Regulations
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July 13, 2023

BIS Deploys U.S. Influenza Vaccine Industrial Base Assessment
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July 03, 2023

Five Eyes Partners Agree to Formalize Cooperation on Export Control Enforcement
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June 28, 2023

BIS Adds 43 entities under 50 entries to the Entity List in Response to Human Rights Abuses, Contributions to Ballistic Missile Programs, and Training People’s Liberation Army Pilots on Western Aircraft
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June 12, 2023

Commerce, Justice, State, and Treasury Departments issue advisory providing guidance to industry on Iran's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-related activities
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June 09, 2023

BIS Issues Temporary Denial Order In Support Of Strike Force Case Against Defense Conglomerate Allegedly Providing Support To Russian Intelligence Services
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June 09, 2023

Commerce Expands and Aligns Restrictions with Allies and Partners and Adds 71 Entities to Entity List in Latest Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
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May 19, 2023

BIS Imposes $283,500 Penalty Against Regal Beloit, Resolving 84 Alleged Violations Of The Antiboycott Regulations
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May 18, 2023

BIS Takes Action Against Companies and Individuals for Attempting to Divert Electronics and Aircraft Parts to Russia
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DOJ Press Release
May 16, 2023

Justice Department Seizes 13 Domains Used by Lebanese Hezbollah and its Affiliates
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May 11, 2023

READOUT: Senior Treasury and Commerce Department Officials Travel to Kazakhstan
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April 27, 2023

BIS Imposes $300 Million Penalty Against Seagate Technology LLC Related To Shipments To Huawei
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April 19, 2023

Nazem Ahmad, a Diamond Smuggler and Art Collector, Dealt in Millions of Dollars of Goods and Services in Violation of the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
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April 18, 2023

Federal Court Orders Forfeiture of $826K in Funds Used in Attempt to Export Dual-Use High Precision Jig Grinder to Russia
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April 06, 2023

Microsoft To Pay Over $3.3m In Total Combined Civil Penalties To Bis And Ofac To Resolve Alleged And Apparent Violations Of U.S. Export Controls And Sanctions
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April 06, 2023

Biden Administration and International Partners Release Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative Code of Conduct
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March 30, 2023

Commerce Adds Eleven to Entity List for Human Rights Abuses and Reaffirms Protection of Human Rights as Critical U.S. Foreign Policy Objective
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March 30, 2023

BIS Imposes 20 Year Denial Order For Alleged Attempted Unauthorized Export Of Communications Equipment To Iran
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March 30, 2023

Commerce Adds 32 Entities In Eleven Countries To Unverified List
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March 23, 2023

Iranian National Charged With Illegally Exporting Electrical Equipment to Iran
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March 09, 2023

United States Obtains Warrant for Seizure of Airplane Owned by Russian Oil Company Valued at Over $25 Million
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March 08, 2023

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod to the Academic Security and Counter Exploitation Program’s Seventh Annual Seminar
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March 08, 2023

Commerce, Nasa Begin U.S. Civil Space Industrial Base Assessment
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March 06, 2023

Remarks by Assistant Secretary Thea D. Rozman Kendler to the Association of Women in International Trade (WIIT)
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March 02, 2023

Two U.S. Citizens Arrested for Illegally Exporting Technology to Russia
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March 02, 2023

Commerce Adds 37 to Entity List for Unsafeguarded Nuclear and Missile-Related Activities, Supporting PRC Military Modernization, Violations of Human Rights, and Support for Russia’s Military and/or Defense Industrial Complex
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March 02, 2023

Departments of Justice, Commerce and Treasury Issue Joint Compliance Note on Russia-Related Sanctions Evasion and Export Controls
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March 02, 2023

BIS Imposes $2.77 Million Penalty On 3d Printing Company For Exports To China And Germany, Including Aerospace And Military Design Documents
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February 27, 2023

BIS Takes Action Against Russian National And Related Company For Sending Controlled Counterintelligence Items To Russia And North Korea
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TDO
February 24, 2023

Commerce Imposes Additional Export Restrictions in Response to Russia’s Brutal War on Ukraine
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February 24, 2023

Commerce Announces Expedited Licensing For Exports To Assist In Earthquake Relief
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February 17, 2023

Justice and Commerce Departments Announce Creation of Disruptive Technology Strike Force
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February 16, 2023

Four Florida Men Arrested in Plot to Kill Haitian President, Grand Jury Returns Indictment Against 11
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February 14, 2023

Commerce Adds Six to Entity List for Supporting PRC Military Modernization, Intelligence, and Reconnaissance Activities
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February 10, 2023

Commerce Restricts Foreign-Made Components to Seven Iranian Entities Supplying Drones Used by Russia to Attack Ukraine
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January 31, 2023

California Resident Pleads Guilty To Illegally Exporting American Aviation Technology To Beijing University
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January 17, 2023

California-Based Company, Company President Plead Guilty in Scheme to Violate the Export Control Act
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January 11, 2023

Commerce Imposes Additional Restrictions on Exports to Wagner Group
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December 21, 2022

Commerce Adds 36 to Entity List for Supporting the People’s Republic of China’s Military Modernization, Violations of Human Rights, and Risk of Diversion
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December 15, 2022

Commerce Cuts Off Russian Procurement Network Evading Export Controls
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December 13, 2022

Commerce Adds 24 to Entity List for Supporting Russian Military Defense Industrial Base and Missile and Unsafeguarded Nuclear Activities

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December 08, 2022

Alabama Man Indicted for Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Iran
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November 30, 2022

U.S. Department Of Commerce And Korean Ministry Of Trade, Industry, And Energy (Motie) Launch U.S.-Korea Dual-Use Export Controls Working Group
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November 08, 2022

BIS Issues Charging Letter Against Mohammad Alhamra And WEBS Electronics Tradeing Company For Violating U.S. Exports Controls
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November 04, 2022

BIS updated public information page on export controls imposed on advanced computing and semiconductor manufacturing items to the People’s Republic of China (PRC)
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October 28, 2022

European Nationals and Entities Indicted on Charges of Violating U.S. Laws for Their Attempt to Export a Dual-Use High-Precision Jig Grinder to Russia
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October 19, 2022

Five Russian Nationals and Two Oil Traders Charged in Global Sanctions Evasion and Money Laundering Scheme
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October 19, 2022

Intertech Trading Corp. Sentenced to Pay $140,000 on 14 Felony Counts of Failure to File Export Information on Shipments of Lab Equipment to Russia and Ukraine
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October 17, 2022

Commerce Issues Temporary Denial Order Against Ural Airlines for Operating in Apparent Violation of U.S. Export Controls on Russia
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October 17, 2022

Commerce, Treasury, State release joint alert outlining the impact of U.S. sanctions and export controls implemented in response to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine on the Russian military-industrial complex
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October 14, 2022

Commerce Implements New Export Controls on Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items to the People’s Republic of China (PRC)
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October 07, 2022

Bureau of Industry and Security Announces Enhanced Enforcement of the Antiboycott Rules
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October 06, 2022

Commerce Responds to Russia’s Attempts to Annex Parts of Ukraine
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September 30, 2022

Riverside Man Ordered to Spend 46 Months in Federal Prison in His Second Federal Case Stemming from Sale of Bogus Aircraft Parts
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September 27, 2022

Commerce Identifies 4th Iranian Cargo Plane Owned by Military in Apparent Violation of U.S. Export Controls on Russia
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September 26, 2022

Commerce Identifies Iranian Cargo Airlines For Apparent Violations Of U.S Export Controls
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September 19, 2022

Commerce Takes Further Actions to Expand and Tighten U.S. Export Controls on Russia and Belarus
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September 15, 2022

Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod Remarks to the Southeast Asia Forum on Export Controls
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September 15, 2022

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Thea D. Rozman Kendler Keynote Address - Women in Strategic Trade Conference
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September 14, 2022

Commerce Furthers Work to Identify Emerging Technologies with National Security Implications
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September 12, 2022

Assistant Secretaries Thea D. Rozman Kendler and Matthew S. Axelrod to Travel to Singapore
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September 12, 2022

Commerce Levels Playing Field to Support U.S. Stakeholder Participation in International Standards Setting Activities
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September 08, 2022

BIS Takes Enforcement Action Against PJSC LUKOIL For Violation of U.S. Export Controls ;
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August 31, 2022

Six Months into Russian Invasion, Commerce Actions Making a Difference in Support of Ukrainian People;
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August 25, 2022

Commerce Adds Seven Chinese Entities to Entity List for Supporting Military Modernization Efforts;
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August 23, 2022

Commerce Implements New Multilateral Controls on Advanced Semiconductor and Gas Turbine Engine Technologies;
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August 12, 2022

United States Obtains Warrant For Seizure Of Airplane Of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Andrei Skoch Worth Over $90 Million;
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August 09, 2022

BIS Issues Charging Letter Against Chinese Company Far East Cable For Violating U.S. Export Controls Related To Shipments To Iran;
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August 08, 2022

BIS Takes Enforcement Action Against Venezuela Cargo Airline For Violation of U.S. Export Controls;
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August 02, 2022

Commerce Department Identifies First Foreign-Produced Commercial Aircraft Exported to Russia in Apparent Violation of U.S. Export Controls ;
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August 02, 2022

First Non-Monetary Administrative Resolution Reached Under New Enforcement Policies;
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August 01, 2022

Bureau of Industry and Security Announces Changes to Administrative Enforcement Program;
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June 30, 2022

Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod at the National Association of College and University Attorneys 2022 Annual Conference 
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June 28, 2022

Commerce Rule Applies Powerful Restrictions Directly on Entities Seeking to Supply Russia’s Military Since Start of Invasion of Ukraine
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June 28, 2022

Treasury FinCEN and BIS Issue Joint Alert on Potential Russian and Belarusian Export Control Evasion Attempts
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June 28, 2022

BIS Takes Enforcement Actions Against Three Additional Russian Airlines Operating Aircraft in Violation of U.S. Export Controls and Updates List of Aircraft Operating in Apparent Violation of U.S. Law
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June 24, 2022

BIS Takes Enforcement Action Against Belarusian Airline Operating in Violation of U.S. Export Controls
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June 16, 2022

Former federal agent convicted of corruption in connection to illicit Syrian relationship
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June 13, 2022

Charging Letter: Kenneth Peter Scott, Scott Communications, Inc. and Mission Communications, LLC
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June 10, 2022

Temporary Denial Order Issued for Illegal Export of Satellite, Rocket, and Defense Technology to China
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June 8, 2022

Third defendant sentenced for trafficking guns to Barbados
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June 8, 2022

Canada Border Services Agency and U.S. Department of Commerce renew focus on keeping sensitive technologies and goods out of Russian hands
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June 7, 2022

BIS Issues Charging Letter Against Roman Abramovich for Violating U.S. Export Controls Related to Flights of his Private Jets
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June 6, 2022

Virginia Woman Sentenced to 54 Months in Federal Prison for Identity Theft Scheme and Ordered to Pay $4.4 Million Dollars in Restitution
Press Release
June 3, 2022

Readout of Deputy Secretary Don Graves meeting with European Commission on Export Control Enforcement Coordination
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June 2, 2022

Commerce Adds 71 Entity List in Latest Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
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June 2, 2022

Commerce Revises Russia and Belarus Export Controls, Enhances Transparency of Future Enforcement Proceedings
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June 2, 2022

South Bay Resident Charged With Smuggling And Exporting American Aviation Technology To Beijing University
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May 26, 2022

Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Proposes Unilateral Controls on Exports of Four Naturally Occurring Marine Toxins for Public Comment 
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May 20, 2022

BIS Issues Temporary Denial Order Against Fifth Russian Airline and Names Second Abramovich Aircraft Violating U.S. Exports Controls
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May 20, 2022

Chicago Tech Executive Sentenced to a Year in Federal Prison for Illegally Exporting Computer Equipment to Pakistan
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May 18, 2022

Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Axelrod Delivers Remarks to the Society for International Affairs 2022 Spring Virtual Advanced Conference on Export Controls & International Politics
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May 16, 2022

Commerce Increases Restrictions on U.S. Exports to Russian Industrial and Commercial
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May 09, 2022

Keynote address to Association of University Export Control Officers 2022 Conference on Export Controls and Research Security at Higher Education and Scientific Institutions Assistant Secretary for Export Administration Thea D. Rozman Kendler
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May 04, 2022

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod Remarks to the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Illinois Division, on Enforcement Actions to Disrupt Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
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April 22, 2022

BIS Takes Enforcement Action Against Russian Cargo Airline Operating in Violation of U.S. Export Controls
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April 21, 2022

Bureau of Industry and Security Welcomes Under Secretary Alan Estevez
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April 19, 2022

Commerce Department Identifies First Belarusian and More Russian Aircraft Exported to Belarus and Russia in Apparent Violation of U.S. Export Controls
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April 14, 2022

Commerce Department BIS Expands Restrictions on Exports to Russia and Belarus in Response to Ongoing Aggression to Ukraine
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April 09, 2022

Commerce Announces Addition of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland to Global Export Controls Coalition
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April 08, 2022

BIS Takes Enforcement Actions Against Three Russian Airlines Operating Aircraft In Violation of U.S. Export Controls
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April 07, 2022

Commerce Adds 120 Entities in Russia and Belarus to the Entity List, Further Limiting the Russian and Belarusian Militaries’ Access to Items That Support Aggression Against Ukraine
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April 01, 2022

Commerce Department Updates List of Aircraft Exported to Russia in Apparent Violation of U.S. Export Controls; Removes Planes Returned From Russia
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March 30, 2022

Keynote Remarks of Assistant Secretary Thea D. Rozman Kendler
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March 30, 2022

Commerce Identifies Aircraft Exported to Russia In Apparent Violation of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
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March 18, 2022

Commerce Restricts the Export of Luxury Goods to Russia and Belarus and to Russian and Belarusian Oligarchs and Malign Actors in Latest Response to Aggression Against Ukraine
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March 11, 2022

Republic of Korea Exclusion Rule
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March 08, 2022

Commerce Takes Further Actions to Target Russian Strategic Industries and Punish Enablers of Aggression
Press Release
March 04, 2022

Commerce Imposes Sweeping Export Restrictions on Belarus for Enabling Russia's Further Invasion of Ukraine
Press Release
March 02, 2022

Bucks County Man Sentenced to Nearly Four Years for Trafficking Firearms to St. Lucia
Press Release
March 01, 2022

Commerce Implements Sweeping Restrictions on Exports to Russia in Response to Further Invasion of Ukraine
Press Release
February 24, 2022

Owner of Maryland Export Business Sentenced to Federal Prison for Attempting to Smuggle Items Out of the U.S. Without the Required Export License
Press Release
February 23, 2022

Pennsylvania Man Charged with Torture 
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February 18, 2022

Commerce Adds 33 Parties in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to Unverified List  
Press Release
February 07, 2022

Opening Remarks by Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Thea Kendler to the 2022 Massachusetts Export Expo 
Press Release
January 28, 2022

Indictment and Guilty Plea Entered in Iranian Export Case
Press Release
January 28, 2022

South Florida Residents Sentenced for Illegally Exporting Controlled Items to Libya
Press Release
January 13, 2022

Bureau of Industry and Security Welcomes Assistant Secretaries Kendler and Axelrod
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January 7, 2022

Rhode Island Man Charged In Manhattan For Trafficking ‘Ghost’ Guns
Press Release
January 6, 2022

Former U.S. Navy Sailor Sentenced to 2.5 Years for Selling Export-Controlled Military Equipment to China
Press Release
December 22, 2021

Bureau of Industry and Security Releases Spanish-Language Guidance Documents
Press Release
December 21, 2021 

Owner of Maryland Export Business Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges of Attempting to Smuggle Items Out of the U.S. Without the Required Export License
Press Release
December 17, 2021

Commerce Acts to Deter Misuse of Biotechnology, Other U.S. Technologies by the People’s Republic of China to Support Surveillance and Military Modernization that Threaten National Security
Press Release
December 16, 2021

Atlanta Man Sentenced to Prison for Attempting to Conceal Firearms in Overseas Shipment of Household Goods
Press Release
December 13, 2021

Commerce Adds Export Controls on Cambodia to Address Corruption, Human Rights Abuses, and Regional Security Concerns
Press Release
December 8, 2021

Commerce Lists Entities Involved in the Support of PRC Military Quantum Computing Applications, Pakistani Nuclear and Missile Proliferation, and Russia’s Military
Press Release
November 24, 2021

BIS Imposes Administrative Penalty Of $80,000 And Audit Requirements To Resolve Allegations Of Unlicensed Shipments To Huawei And Related Entities
Press Release
November 08, 2021

Commerce Adds NSO Group and Other Foreign Companies to Entity List for Malicious Cyber Activities
Press Release
November 04, 2021

Chicago Tech Executive Guilty of Illegally Exporting Computer Equipment to Pakistan
Press Release
October 27, 2021

South Florida Residents Convicted of Attempting to Illegally Export Controlled Items to Libya
Press Release
October 22, 2021

Commerce Tightens Export Controls on Items Used in Surveillance of Private Citizens and other Malicious Cyber Activities
Press Release
October 20, 2021

Fraudster Convicted in Maryland After Seven Day Trial for Federal Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges Related to International Fraud
Press Release
October 20, 2021

BIS Imposes $1.8 Million Penalty on VTA Telecom Corp. to Resolve Allegations of Misrepresentations Made to BIS, other Government Agencies
Press Release
October 12, 2021

Commerce Identifies Emerging Technology, Expands Controls on Exports of Software Capable of Contributing to Biological Weapons Proliferation
Press Release
October 4, 2021

Owner of Russian energy company sentenced to federal prison in scheme to evade U.S. national security trade sanctions
Press Release
September 30, 2021

U.S. Departments of Commerce, Energy, and State Partner with Singapore and Japan to Deliver the 9th Annual Joint Industry Outreach Seminar in Singapore
Press Release
September 29, 2021

BIS Imposes Administrative Penalty of $497,000 to Resolve Allegations of Conspiracy to Divert Radiation-Hardened Silicon Wafers to Russia
Press Release
September 28, 2021

U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Section 232 Investigation into the Effect of Imports of Neodymium Magnets on U.S. National Security
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September 24, 2021

Iranian National Sentenced for Illegally Exporting Military Sensitive Items
Press Release
September 14, 2021

Chinese National Sentenced for Illegal Exports to Northwestern Polytechnical University
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September 9, 2021

College Park man pleads guilty to smuggling guns to Barbados
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September 3, 2021

Three Maryland Residents Facing Federal Indictment for Attempting to Illegally Export Arms and Ammunition to Nigeria
Press Release
August 27, 2021

Georgia company and owner admit guilt in scheme to evade U.S. national security trade sanctions
Press Release
August 2, 2021

Iranian National Charged with Illegally Exporting Laboratory Equipment to Iran
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July 30, 2021

Electrical Engineer Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Conspiring to Illegally Export to China Semiconductor Chips with Military Uses
Press Release
July 22, 2021

Turkish National Indicted for Wire Fraud and Illegally Exporting Defense Articles to Turkey
Press Release
July 21, 2021

BIS Imposes Administrative Penalty Of $215,000 To Resolve Allegations Of Diversion Of Oil Tank Equipment Through The United Arab Emerates To Iran
Press Release
July 19, 2021 

BIS Imposes Administrative Penalty on Virginia Company for Exports to Russian Military End User
Press Release
June 29, 2021

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo Statement on Biden-Harris Administration 100 Day Supply Chain Review
Press Release
June 8, 2021

Department of Commerce Recognizes the United Arab Emirates’ Termination of Participation in the Arab League Boycott of Israel
Press Release
June 7, 2021

Two Malaysian Nationals Sentenced for Illegally Exporting Firearm Parts to Hong Kong
DOJ Press Release
May 28, 2021

Italian company admits guilt in scheme to evade U.S. national security trade sanctions
DOJ Press Release
May 26, 2021

Atlanta man admits attempting to conceal firearms in overseas shipment
DOJ Press Release
May 25, 2021

Middlesex County Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Conspiring to Export Firearms and Items Subject to Export Control List to Ukraine
DOJ Press Release
May 25, 2021

Jury Convicts Iranian National for Illegally Exporting Military Sensitive Items
DOJ Press Release
May 7, 2021

FLIR Systems Resolves Allegations of Misrepresentations made to BIS and Other Government Agencies
Press Release
April 29, 2021

SAP Resolves Allegations of Export Control Law Violation with $3.29 Million Administrative Settlement
Press Release
April 29,2021

Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Exports to Northwestern Polytechnical University
Press Release
April 28, 2021

G. Nagesh Rao Appointed to Chief Information Officer
Press Release
April 12, 2021

U.S. officials from Departments of Energy, State, and Commerce celebrate 10 years of Malaysia’s strategic trade management
Press Release
April 8, 2021

Russian national and engineering company admit guilt in scheme to evade U.S. national security trade sanctions
Press Release
March 30, 2021

Virtual Forum for Risks in the Semiconductor Manufacturing and Advanced Packaging Supply Chain
Press Release
Public Display Notice
March 26, 2021

United States Seizes Websites Used by Foreign Terrorist Organization
Press Release
March 25, 2021

U.S. Department of Commerce to Expand Restrictions on Exports to Russia in Response to Chemical Weapons Poisoning
Press Release
March 17, 2021

BIS Imposes Denial Order on New Jersey Resident for Exports to Russian Nuclear Weapons Center and Other Prohibited End Users
BIS Press Release
March 10, 2021

Commerce Implements New Export Controls on Burma and Makes Entity List Additions in Response to the Military Coup and Escalating Violence against Peaceful Protesters.
Press Release
Amendment to the EAR Adding Four Entities to the Entity List Under the Destination of Burma
Amendment to the EAR Applying More Restrictive Treatment to Exports and Reexports to, and Transfers Within, Burma of Items Subject to the EAR
March 4, 2021

U.S. Department of Commerce Adds 14 Parties to the Entity List for Support of Russian Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs and Chemical Weapons Activities
Press Release
March 2, 2021

U.S. Commerce Department Restricts Licensing of Sensitive Exports to Burma’s Military and Security Services in Response to the Recent Military Coup
Press Release
February 11, 2021

Princeton University Resolves Allegations of Export Law Violations with Administrative Settlement
Press Release
February 2, 2021

Chinese National Charged with Criminal Conspiracy To Export US Power Amplifiers to China
DOJ Press Release
January 29, 2021

Department of Commerce Takes Action against Avnet Asia for Involvement in Illegally Transshipping Sensitive U.S. Commodities to China and Iran
Press Release
January 29, 2021

BIS Imposes Administrative Penalties for Submission of False or Misleading Export Information Involving Russia
Press Release
January 27, 2021

Commerce Department Implements Rescission of Sudan as a State Sponsor of Terrorism
Press Release
January 14, 2021

Three Charged with Illegally Exporting Goods to Iran
January 12, 2021
DOJ Press Release

Commerce Department Will Publish the First Military End User List Naming More Than 100 Chinese and Russian Companies
Press Release
December 21, 2020

Commerce Adds China’s SMIC to the Entity List, Restricting Access to Key Enabling U.S. Technology
Press Release
December 18, 2020

Foreign National Arrested At Pensacola International Airport Sentenced To Federal Prison For National Security Offenses
DOJ Press Release
December 18, 2020

International Trio Indicted in Austin for Illegal Exports to Russia
DOJ Press Release
December 18, 2020

Commerce Department Terminates Section 232 Investigation into Mobile Crane Imports
Press Release
December 18, 2020

Commerce Imposes License Restrictions after Turkey’s Acquisition of Russian Missiles
Press Release
December 14, 2020

Chinese National Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Illegally Export Maritime Raiding Craft And Engines To China
DOJ Press Release
November 2, 2020

United States Seizes More Domain Names Used by Foreign Terrorist Organization
DOJ Press Release
October 21, 2020

Ten Individuals Charged in $50 Million Russian Smuggling Scheme
Press Release
October 19, 2020

Secretary Ross Highlights Commerce Actions Supporting Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technologies
Press Release
October 15, 2020

Two Iranian Men Charged by Federal Grand Jury in Scheme to Send Export-Controlled Computer Servers to Iran
DOJ Press Release
September 28, 2020

BIS Makes Vanadium Section 232 Petition Public and Reopens Public Comment Period
Press Release
September 25, 2020

Bucks County Man Indicted for Trafficking Firearms to St. Lucia
DOJ Press Release
September 23, 2020

United States Seizes Domain Names Used by Foreign Terrorist Organization
DOJ Press Release
September 2, 2020

Civilian Navy Engineer, 3 Others Arrested on Federal Charges Alleging Theft and Sale of Government-Owned Technical Information
DOJ Press Release
September 2, 2020

Forgeign National Arrested at Pensacola International Airport Pleads Guilty to National Security Offenses
Press Release
September 1, 2020

Commerce Department Adds 24 Chinese Companies to the Entity List for Helping Build Military Islands in the South China Sea
Press Release
August 26, 2020

BIS Fines Singapore Company and its Chairman Over $31 Million for Using U.S. Export Controlled Equipment to Conduct a Seismic Survy in Iranian Waters
Press Release
August 24, 2020

U.S. Department Of Commerce Acts Against International Procurement Network Supporting Iran's Mahan Air
Press Release
August 21, 2020

Commerce Department Further Restricts Huawei Access to U.S. Technology and Adds Another 38 Affiliates to the Entity List
Press Release
August 17, 2020

Company President And Employee Arrested In Alleged Scheme To Violate The Export Control Reform Act
DOJ Press Release
August 6, 2020

Commerce Department Adds Eleven Chinese Entities Implicated in Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang to the Entity List
Press Release
July 20, 2020

California-Based Company, Company President and Employee Indicted in Alleged Scheme to Violate the Export Control Reform Act
DOJ Press Release
July 20, 2020

Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 46 Months for Smuggling Goods from the United States to Iran
DOJ Press Release
July 16, 2020

Commerce Releases Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory
Press Release
July 1, 2020

Commerce Clears Way for U.S. Companies to More Fully Engage in Tech Standards-Development Bodies
Press Release
June 15, 2020

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Initiates Section 232 Investigation into Imports of Vanadium
Press Release
June 2, 2020

Commerce Department to Add Nine Chinese Entities Related to Human Rights Abuses in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region to the Entity List
Press Release
May 22, 2020

Commerce Department to Add Two Dozen Chinese Companies with Ties to WMD and Military Activities to the Entity List
Press Release
May 22, 2020

Department of Commerce Asks for Public Input on Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Exclusion Process
Press Release
May 22, 2020

Commerce Addresses Huawei’s Efforts to Undermine Entity List, Restricts Products Designed and Produced with U.S. Technologies
Press Release
May 15, 2020

U.S. Department of Commerce to Initiate Section 232 Investigation into Mobile Crane Imports
Press Release
May 6, 2020

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to Initiate Section 232 Investigation into Imports of Laminations and Wound Cores for Incorporation into Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and Transformer Regulators
Press Release
May 4, 2020

Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Goods from the United States to Iran
DOJ Press Release
March 3, 2020

Commerce Tightens Restrictions on Technology Exports to Combat Chinese, Russian and Venezuelan Military Circumvention Efforts
Press Release
April 27, 2020

Department of Commerce Extends Public Comment Period for Input on Huawei Temporary General License Extensions
Press Release
March 25, 2020

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Announces Additions to Entity List including Iranian Nuclear Scientists and Other Suppliers of Iran’s and Pakistan’s WMD Programs
Press Release
March 17, 2020

Department of Commerce Asks for Public Input on Huawei Temporary General License Extensions
Press Release
March 10, 2020

Department of Commerce Renews Temporary General License for 45 Days
Press Release
February 13, 2020

Iranian Export Company Executive Sentenced for Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Iran
DOJ Press Release
January 30, 2020

Five Men Indicted For Operating An International Procurement Network To Export Goods From The United States To Pakistan's Nuclear Program
DOJ Press Release | Temporary Denial Order
January 15, 2020

U.S. Department of Commerce Extends Huawei Temporary General License
Press Release
November 18, 2019

U.S. Department of Commerce Further Tightens Cuba Sanctions
Press Release
October 18, 2019

U.S. Department of Commerce Adds 28 Chinese Organizations to its Entity List
Press Release
October 7, 2019

Iranian Citizen Sentenced For Conspiring To Facilitate The Illegal Export Of Technology To Iran
DOJ Press Release
September 24, 2019 

Iranian Businessman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Violate U.S. Sanctions By Exporting Carbon Fiber From The United States To Iran
DOJ Press Release
August 29, 2019

Man Taken into Custody after Being Charged with Illegally Exporting Prohibited Manufacturing Equipment to Iran
DOJ Press Release
August 20, 2019

Iranian Citizen Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Facilitate the Illegal Export of Technology to Iran
DOJ Press Release
August 9, 2019

Iranian Export Company Executive Pleads Guilty to Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Iran
DOJ Press Release
July 19, 2019

Department of Justice Announces Extradition of Iranian National and Unsealing of Charges against Two Other Men for Exporting Carbon Fiber from the United States to Iran
DOJ Press Release
July 16, 2019

Electrical Engineer Convicted of Conspiring to Illegally Export to China Semiconductor Chips with Missile Guidance Applications
DOJ Press Release
July 2, 2019

California Man Charged with Illegally Exporting Cesium Atomic Clocks to Hong Kong
DOJ Press Release
June 27, 2019

Lexington Man and Semiconductor Company Indicted for Theft of Trade Secrets
DOC Press Release
June 14, 2019

Commerce Launches New 232 Exclusions Portal
DOC Press Release
June 13, 2019

Morris County Woman Admits Conspiring With Iranian National To Illegally Export Aircraft Components To Iran
DOJ Press Release
June 11, 2019

Commerce and Treasury Departments Implement Changes to Cuba Sanctions Rules
Press Release
June 4, 2019

Two Indictments Unsealed Charging Iranian Citizen with Violating U.S. Export Laws and Sanctions Against Iran
DOJ Press Release
June 4, 2019

Middlesex County Man Admits Participation in Conspiracy to Illegally Export Firearms and Other Items to Ukraine
DOJ Press Release
May 22, 2019

Department of Commerce Issues Limited Exemptions on Huawei Products
Press Release
May 20, 2019

Department of Commerce Announces the Addition of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. to the Entity List
Press Release
May 15, 2019

Australian National Sentenced to Prison Term For Exporting Electronics to Iran
DOJ Press Release
March 21, 2019

Chinese Telecommunications Conglomerate Huawei and Huawei CFO Wanzhou Meng Charged with Financial Fraud
DOJ Press Release
January 28, 2019

Former Florida CEO Pleads Guilty To Export Violations And Agrees To Pay Record $17 Million To Department of Commerce
BIS Press Release
December 14, 2018

$3 Million Reward Announced for Information Leading to Arrest of Iranian Tied to Illegal Procurement of U.S. Technology
DOJ Press Release
December 12, 2018

Texas Resident Sentenced in South Florida to More Than 6 Years in Prison for Violations of the Cuban Embargo
DOJ Press Release
October 1, 2018

Connecticut Business Owner Sentenced for Export Violation
DOJ Press Release
September 19, 2018

Chinese National Arrested For Conspiring To Illegally Export U.S. Origin Goods Used In Anti-Submarine Warfare To China
DOJ Press Release
June 21, 2018

Commerce Department Moves Against Illicit Iran Aircraft Network
BIS Press Release
February 5, 2018

Texas man Sentenced for Conspiring to Illegally Export Radiation Hardened Integrated Circuits to Russia and China
DOJ Press Release
January 24, 2018

2 Los Angeles-Area Men Charged with Conspiring to Illegally Obtain Technology and Computer Chips that Were Sent to China
DOJ Press Release
January 19, 2018

Staten Island Lawyer and Three Others Charged in Fraud, Kidnapping and Extortion Scheme
DOJ Press Release
December 15, 2017

Seiler Instrument to Pay $1.5 million in Forfeiture to the United States
DOJ Press Release
November 30, 2017

CEO of International Metallurgical Company Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Export Specialty Metals to Iran
DOJ Press Release
September 7, 2017

Chinese National Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 3 Years In Prison For Attempting To Illegally Export High-Grade Carbon Fiber To China
DOJ Press Release
August 31, 2017

Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Illegally Export Radiation Hardened Integrated Circuits to Russia and China
DOJ Press Release
August 3, 2017

California Man Sentenced to 32 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Violate U.S. Sanctions Against Syria
DOJ Press Release
June 10, 2017

Seven People Charged With Conspiring to Steal Trade Secrets for Benefit of Chinese Manufacturing Company
DOJ Press Release
May 24, 2017

Nanticoke man indicted for export violations and unlawful possession of ammunition
DOJ Press Release
May 12, 2017

Singapore Man Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison For Plot Involving Exports to Iran of U.S. Components
DOJ Press Release

May 9, 2017

Chinese National Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Illegally Export High-Grade Carbon Fiber To China
DOJ Press Release
April 21, 2017

Florida Firm Fined $27 Million for Export Violations
DOJ Press Release | Final Order
March 14, 2017

Ukrainian National Arrested in Connection with Scheme to Illegally Export Rifle Scopes and Thermal Imaging Equipment
DOJ Press Release
March 7, 2017

$1.19 Billion Penalty for Chinese Company’s Export Violations to Iran and North Korea - Settlement results in largest civil penalty ever levied in a BIS Export Control Case
DOJ Press Release | Settlement Agreement | Charging Letter
March 7, 2017

Exporter Of Microelectronics To Russian Military Sentenced To 135 Months In Prison Following Convictions On All Counts At Trial
DOJ Press Release
February 28, 2017

Eleven Individuals and One Company Charged in Florida With Exporting Prohibited Articles to Syria
DOJ Press Release
February 24, 2017

 

 

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