WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that 33 parties will be removed from the Unverified List, 27 of which are based in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) with others located in Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. The removals went on public display this morning and become effective upon publication in the Federal Register tomorrow.
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Commerce to Remove 33 Parties from the Unverified List after Successful Completion of End-Use Checks
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Singapore
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Enforcement
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROBERT ALCANTARA pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to conspiracy to traffic firearms and conspiracy to launder money from his firearms trafficking. ALCANTARA conspired to sell more than 100 “ghost guns” to individuals in the Dominican Republic.
According to the Indictment and statements made in court proceedings and filings:
- Dominican Republic
- Enforcement
WASHINGTON, D.C — The Department of Justice, Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC ) today issued a joint compliance note focusing on the voluntary self -disclosure policies that apply to U.S. sanctions, export controls , and other national security laws , including recent updates to certain of those policies .
WASHINGTON, D.C— The Department of Justice, Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today issued a joint compliance note focusing on the voluntary self-disclosure policies that apply to U.S. sanctions, export controls, and other national security laws, including recent updates to certain of those policies.
- Enforcement
Our country's antiboycott regulations were enacted both to address participation by U.S. persons in unsanctioned foreign boycotts and to prevent U.S. industry from implementing the foreign policy prerogatives of other nations...
- Enforcement
Today, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security
(BIS) added four entities, Intellexa S.A. in Greece, Cytrox Holdings Crt in Hungary, Intellexa
Limited in Ireland, and Cytrox AD in North Macedonia to the Entity List for trafficking in cyber
exploits used to gain access to information systems, threatening the privacy and security of
individuals and organizations worldwide.
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Export Violations
Defendant Allegedly Smuggled Dual-Use Technologies and Ammunition from U.S. Companies for Russia’s Defense Sector
- Russian Federation
- Enforcement
WASHINGTON, D.C.,-- Today, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the imposition of civil penalties against a manufacturer of defense weapon systems and a defense contractor in resolution of alleged violations of the antiboycott provisions of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (antiboycott regulations) in connection with a 2019 trade show in Bahrain.
- Enforcement
- Regulations
The Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (“BIS”), has notified Jaeyoun Jung, of Puyallup, Washington (“Jung”), of its intention to initiate an administrative proceeding against Jung pursuant to Section 766.3 of the Export Administration Regulations (the “Regulations”),1 through the issuance of a proposed Charging Letter to Jung that alleges that Jung committed one violation of the Regulations.2 ...
- Enforcement
WASHINGTON, DC. --The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security
(BIS), Office of Technology Evaluation (OTE), in partnership with the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), is
conducting a comprehensive assessment of the U.S. Influenza Vaccine Industrial Base (IVIV).
The principal goal of the assessment and accompanying survey is to gain a better understanding of
the IVIB supply chain network. The data collected will help identify the structure and