Commerce Dept, Export License, Licensing, Press release
By: Danielle Hatch On November 20, 2019 the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) extended the current temporary general license for a second time for Huawei and its non-US affiliates. The renewal authorizes specific activities and transactions related to Huawei since...
BIS, Commerce Dept, Enforcement, Export License, Libya, Violations & Fines
By: Danielle Hatch Peter Sotis, of Delray Beach, Florida was arrested in late October 2019 after being charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR), as well as smuggling goods....
BIS, China, Commerce Dept, DDTC, Defense Trade Controls, Denied & Restricted Parties, Enforcement, Violations & Fines
By: Danielle Hatch Fan Yang, 34, a naturalized citizen of the United States and Lieutenant in the US Navy and his wife, Yang Yang, 33 (also a naturalized citizen) have been arrested on charges of conspiring to smuggle military-style inflatable boats, with Evinrude MFE...
BIS, CCL, Commerce Dept, Cuba, Denied & Restricted Parties, Export License
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published a final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to further restrict exports and reexports of items to Cuba. The final rule amends the Cuba licensing policy in the EAR to establish a general rule...
BIS, Canada, Commerce Dept, Denied & Restricted Parties, EAR, Enforcement, Violations & Fines
By: Danielle Hatch Alexis Vlachos, 41, of Montreal, Quebec has been sentenced to 51 months in prison for smuggling over 104 handguns from the US to Canada between 2010 and 2011. Vlachos worked with Annette Wexler and Jaime Ruiz to create a scheme to purchase handguns...
BIS, Commerce Dept, Denied & Restricted Parties, EAR, Press release
By: Danielle Hatch The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has released a General Advisory Opinion to help field some of the many questions it has received since the addition of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei) and many of its non-US affiliates to BIS’s Entity...
