Washington, D.C. – Today, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Export Enforcement published an updated version of Don’t Let This Happen to You!, a compendium of case examples highlighting BIS criminal and administrative enforcement efforts. The publication was last updated in March 2024. 

The updated version includes new enforcement cases involving a voluntary self-disclosure by an academic institution, violations of the antiboycott regulations, firearms export violations, export violations related to China and Iran, and non-compliance with a BIS settlement agreement. Exporters are encouraged to review the publication, which provides useful illustrations of the type of conduct that gets companies and universities in trouble.

BIS Export Enforcement protects and promotes U.S. national security by aggressively investigating violations of export control and antiboycott regulations and by partnering with industry and academia to facilitate compliance with those regulations.

BIS urges everyone to report suspected export control violations through the BIS Export Enforcement online tip portal. You can also call the Enforcement Hotline at 1-800-424-2980 or email [email protected].

More information about the work of BIS Export Enforcement to keep our country’s most sensitive items out of the world’s most dangerous hands can be found at https://www.bis.gov/enforcement.