Commerce Imposes License Restrictions after Turkey’s Acquisition of Russian Missiles
Press Release
December 14, 2020
Commerce Department Terminates Section 232 Investigation into Mobile Crane Imports
Press Release
December 4, 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
Commerce Provides Relief for Exporters with Six-Month Extension on Licenses
Press Release
October 16, 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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