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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Monday, May 22, 2023 | Media Contact: [email protected]

Man Convicted Of Torture And Exporting Weapons Parts And Related Services To Iraq

HARRISBURG – A federal jury convicted a Pennsylvania man on May 19 for numerous crimes, including the torture of an Estonian citizen in 2015 in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, in connection with the operation of an illegal weapons manufacturing plant in Kurdistan...


HARRISBURG – A federal jury convicted a Pennsylvania man on May 19 for numerous crimes, including the torture of an Estonian citizen in 2015 in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, in connection with the operation of an illegal weapons manufacturing plant in Kurdistan...


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Friday, May 19, 2023 | Media Contact: [email protected]

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


Restrictions Announced Today Coordinated Closely with International


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Thursday, May 18, 2023 | Media Contact: [email protected]

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


Today, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed a civil penalty


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  • Export Violations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | Media Contact: [email protected]

BIS Takes Action Against Companies and Individuals for Attempting to Divert Electronics and Aircraft Parts to Russia


WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Matthew S.


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Thursday, May 11, 2023 | Media Contact: [email protected]

Justice Department Seizes 13 Domains Used by Lebanese Hezbollah and its Affiliates


The Justice Department today announced the seizure of 13 domains used by Specially Designated Nat


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Thursday, April 27, 2023 | Media Contact: [email protected]

READOUT: Senior Treasury and Commerce Department Officials Travel to Kazakhstan


ALMATY — From April 23 - 26, Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes at


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Section 1758 Technology Export Controls on Instruments for the Automated Chemical Synthesis of Peptides

Bureau of Industry and Security
Submitted by BIS on 04/20/2023

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), maintains controls on the export, reexport and transfer (in-country) of dual-use items and less sensitive military items pursuant to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Certain instruments for the automated synthesis of peptides (automated peptide synthesizers) have been identified by BIS as a...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | Media Contact: [email protected]

BIS Imposes $300 Million Penalty Against Seagate Technology LLC Related To Shipments To Huawei


Largest Standalone Administrative Penalty in BIS History


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | Media Contact: [email protected]

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


Largest Standalone Administrative Penalty in BIS History


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Additions and Revisions of Entities to the Entity List

Tim Hill
Submitted by timhill on 04/17/2023

The Bureau of Industry and Security is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 28 entities under 32 entries to the Entity List. These entities are listed under the destinations of Armenia (1), the People's Republic of China (China) (12), Malta (1), Russia (10), Singapore (1), Spain (1), Syria (1), Turkey (1), the United...

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