Bureau of Industry and Security - Export Enforcement
By prioritizing its enforcement mission, BIS Export Enforcement has evolved over the past nearly 40 years into a sophisticated law enforcement agency with criminal investigators, enforcement analysts, and compliance specialists who are singularly focused on export and antiboycott enforcement, and work closely together with licensing officers within a single bureau of the government. It consists of the Office of Export Enforcement (OEE), the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA), and the Office of Antiboycott Compliance (OAC).
BIS Export Enforcement protects and promotes U.S. national security, foreign policy, and economic interests by: investigating export and antiboycott violations; interdicting illegal exports; conducting end-use checks; assisting parties to understand and comply with the antiboycott regulations; helping companies to improve export compliance practices and to identify suspicious inquiries; supporting the licensing process by evaluating the bona fides of transaction parties; aggressively pursuing violators of export control and antiboycott regulations and initiating criminal prosecution or administrative enforcement actions; promoting U.S. strategic technology leadership; and partnering with counterparts throughout the U.S. government.
BIS Export Enforcement Year in Review 2022
Enforcement Actions
Commerce Adds 32 Entities In Eleven Countries To Unverified List
Press Release
March 23, 2023
Iranian National Charged With Illegally Exporting Electrical Equipment to Iran
Press Release
March 09, 2023
United States Obtains Warrant for Seizure of Airplane Owned by Russian Oil Company Valued at Over $25 Million
Press Release
March 08, 2023
Two U.S. Citizens Arrested for Illegally Exporting Technology to Russia
Press Release
March 02, 2023
Departments of Justice, Commerce and Treasury Issue Joint Compliance Note on Russia-Related Sanctions Evasion and Export Controls
Press Release
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
Press Release
February 27, 2023
BIS and Justice Take Action Against Russian National And Related Company For Supplying U.S. Technology To The Russia And North Korea Governments
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DOJ Press Release
TDO
February 24, 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
BIS Reaches Administrative Enforcement Settlement with Dotphins LLC
BIS renews the temporary denial of export privileges against Venezuelan airline Emtrasur
Additional information on the TDO renewal can be found here: https://efoia.bis.doc.gov/index.php/documents/export-violations/export-violations-2023/1447-e2788/file
California Resident Pleads Guilty To Illegally Exporting American Aviation Technology To Beijing University
Press Release
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
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December 13, 2022
Alabama Man Indicted for Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Iran
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November 30, 2022
BIS Issues Charging Letter Against Mohammad Alhamra And WEBS Electronics Tradeing Company For Violating U.S. Exports Controls
Press Release
November 04, 2022
Commerce Issues Temporary Denial Order Against Ural Airlines for Operating in Apparent Violation of U.S. Export Controls on Russia
Press Release
October 17, 2022
Bureau of Industry and Security Announces Enhanced Enforcement of the Antiboycott Rules
Press Release
October 06, 2022
BIS Renews Temporary Denial Orders for Aeroflot, Azur Air, and UTair Aviation: https://efoia.bis.doc.gov/index.php/electronic-foia/index-of-documents/7-electronic-foia/227-export-violations
October 4, 2022
BIS Reaches Administrative Enforcement Settlement with Thermotron Industries, Inc. Additional information on the settlement is available online at: https://efoia.bis.doc.gov/index.php/electronic-foia/index-of-documents/7-electronic-foia/227-export-violations
September 30, 2022
Speeches
- Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod to the 12th Annual Forum on U.S. Export & Re-export Compliance for Canadian Operations, January 31, 2023
- Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod to the Society for International Affairs 2022 Fall Advanced Conference, November 14, 2022
- Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod at Oregon State University on the Academic Outreach Initiative, October 26, 2022
- Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod to the American Jewish Committee, October 6, 2022
- Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod Remarks to the Southeast Asia Forum on Export Controls, September 15, 2022
- Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod Remarks at BIS’s 2022 Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy, June 30, 2022
- Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod at the National Association of College and University Attorneys 2022 Annual Conference, June 28, 2022
- Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Axelrod Delivers Remarks to the Society for International Affairs 2022 Spring Virtual Advanced Conference on Export Controls and International Politics, May 16, 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, April 21, 2022
Russia - Belarus Resources
In response to the Russian Federation’s (Russia’s) invasion of Ukraine, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has taken swift and severe action to impose stringent export controls on Russia. These restrictions have also been applied to Belarus in response to its substantial enabling of Russia’s invasion.
- For a compendium of BIS action related to the conflict in Ukraine, click here
- Current BIS List of Commercial and Private Aircraft in potential violation of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) - Full List As of June 24, 2022: BIS List of Commercial and Private Aircraft_Potential EAR Violations.pdf
Enforcement Resources
Effective implementation of the EAR is a shared responsibility, and BIS’s Export Enforcement stands ready to educate and support U.S. exporters and other stakeholders in ensuring compliance and where necessary employing its law enforcement authorities to address illicit activities.
